Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
So.
…any questions?
the Wakefield Doctrine is a way to choose (one’s) responsibility. responsibility as in, ‘but honey! you promised!‘, ‘don’t worry, I got your back’, ‘for a very small investment, you can guarantee your family’s financial security’, ‘tell me that you love me’, ‘are you going to stay in your room all week with those damn videos games?‘ ‘study hard and you’ll make something of yourself’, ‘why can’t you be more like...’
One might say, our individual responsibilities are as much a function of who we are (or would be) as it is anything that others place upon us. Whether we take on responsibility, say for having children or finding the perfect animal family member or someone else gives us responsibility, in the case of work or school or friends who need our help, how we define ourselves is an often overlooked consideration. …which is really, really too bad because in most cases, how we define ourselves makes all the difference.
The Wakefield Doctrine, maintains that in order to understand ourselves and other people, we need to understand which of the three worldviews the person (under consideration) is living in, we say one should infer, ‘…how a person is relating themselves to the world around them.’
Note that we did not say, ‘how a person relates to the world’ or ‘how a person feels about’…etc etc. No, we said ‘how a person relates themselves to the world’.
We’re bringing this up now because it is time to move beyond being entirely focused on identifying the three personality types of the Doctrine, (the Outsiders that are the clarks, the Predator but fun most of the time scotts and the rogers, who are so nice most of the time) in the people in our lives and start to work on how this thing can be used to improve our own damn lives and such.
(I know you are all ready to move on with this thing of ours).
…to be continued
About clarkscottroger
And as Emma would say now, “That was a fine how do you do!!” But seriously, am dying to know where you are going with this Clark!! :)
@Janine
…me too!
(sure, clark discover how your mind works, try to present a tool for self-actualization for anyone and everyone…on a blog? why the hell not!) lol
I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes too! I need to improve my damn life – especially when it comes to dealing with non-clarks! :)
@Amy
…amen to that. And we (clarks) all know which of the other two (non-clarks) that we might want to start with… lol
It’s going to be awesome to see what you’re “moving on” to. I always learn so much! I hope you have a wonderful day, Clark. Cheers!
@Cyndi
being a clark, I will accept your wishes* on faith lol
big shout-out on your Wordless Wednesday Post, yo
much a-doings in the Season ahead.
..that I have a wonderful day
Thanks for the shout-out. I have ALWAYS loathed the camera, but…I decided to take the plunge. For me, it’s not that different than “teaching,” actually. Hehehe.
@Cyndi
…and a hugely worthy challenge (for a clark), to not only do the thing that our worldview says that we should not and somehow make it a part of our new worldview… (this is a clue to the path before us, of course)
I can’t believe it took me so long, but I finally figured out which personality type my husband is. *Duh* A roger!!! :) Now I’m really looking forward to reading more about the relationships of these personalities.
@Menlanie
good work! I was just about to write a Post about getting started on the more practical application of the Doctrine, your Comment (and accomplishment) have come at the perfect time. But, as you will read, we still need to decide where to start, so I will try to come up with some polls so everyone can weigh in on the matter.