Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

It’s another re-compliationary, rephrasing of previously expressed thoughts on the Wakefield Doctrine  (from January 28, 2011)

With today’s Post, we are going to get all search friendly. We will be using and placing keywords like clarkscottroger, personality theory and 3 personality types. The reason that this makes us ‘search friendly’,  is that when a person does a google search (for say personality types), google ‘goes out’ and surveys every site in the internet and when it spots a keyword, that particular site will be included in the search results. Given how we want people to hear about and learn about  the Wakefield Doctrine and it’s incredibly useful and unique advice on relationships and other personal matters, we thought we would try to give the google a hand.  We are aware of this search-ability thing  because our own DownSpring,  Ms AKH  says so. Far be it from us to question a scott in possession of specific technical information. Ms. AKH has been totally at work trying to figure out how we can get the Doctrine in front of everyone on the internet. Aided by her trusty sidekick Doug, (think Batman and Robin…only not as gay) she has made suggestions with a persistence that while not as much fun as the Death by a Thousand Cuts, does have an effect over time.

The Wakefield Doctrine is a unique way to look at the people in your life. Your family and your friends, your co-workers and fellow students. Everyone.  The  viewpoint, the perspective that the Doctrine offers you is incredibly helpful.  Very simply, we think that the more you understand about other people, the better your life can be. If that does not make sense to you then perhaps you might have more fun at a blog like,  knitting-for-fun-with-Eloise.com  or wrenches-and-girls-by-steve.com  (tell ’em the Doctrine sent you).

Have you ever had someone say something or do something that caused you say to yourself, “Why would they do ( or say) something like that?”  You know how it feels. One minute you are enjoying the company of another person and the next minute they do something that you just did not see coming.  And it isn’t always  the mean or cruel or spiteful things, sometimes it is the just the un-expected things that make you wonder about the other person. The kind of actions or statements that has you wondering if you really know that person or not. And it is usually nothing overly dramatic, one of your children begins to do their chores without having to be asked, or your husband compliments you on something that you did without thinking.
If you have ever been in any of these situations, the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers is just what you need.

There are more theories of personality, personality types and 20 Questions Schedules that offer  to tell you who you should marry/ go out with/ get rid of/ try to be more like, out there in the world than you can virtually shake a digital stick at. Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you that they can help you figure it all out (whatever ‘it’ may be…perfect mate, lose weight…find job or the perfect line to get that girl of your dreams…).  So, your question at this point should be, Why another Three Personality Types?

Because you have not yet found the one that you really are satisfied with, an approach to life that you believe is helping you get what you want, otherwise  you would not still be reading this here blog here, would you now?

So, in closing we will pose the question floating above many Readers heads ( you  know, those thought balloons that cartoon characters have over their heads to indicate thought as opposed to speech): So what? Why should I bother trying to understand another person?

Answer: No reason. At least there is no reason that can come from us. We know we like the Wakefield Doctrine and we also appreciate  the value we find from knowing about clarks, scotts and rogers. Chances are, if you have read this far and still want to see something written that will convince you that this is the real deal, personality types-wise, then you need to get on back out there, keeping searching the internet for the answer. The Doctrine is not for everyone. Hey, who knows? You might find a site that will take you by the hand and guide you to happiness. You never know, it might happen.

So, here is the lowdown on the Wakefield Doctrine.

Everyone is born with the potential to experience the world in one of three characteristic ways:

• an outsider never a part of, feeling shy yet never going un-noticed, creative yet un-willing to take credit for their creations, living inside their heads, trying to have a life sustained by the energy from remembering past triumphs and fearing future defeats and searching for the knowledge that will change it all
• a predator, always on the prowl, living in the world of predator and prey constantly on the alert for (larger) predators and never resting in the hunt for food, eschewing the subjective and reflective life beyond eat, sleep, defecate and reproduce…in other words, a natural leader
• a member of: the team, the family, the group, the community, the world is one of rules and standards, the highest good is to preserve the past and the most efficient way to accomplish that is build structures,  physical and social and cultural and moral, your legacy is that you are what you identify with

…and at a certain age we become predominately one of these three. Our personalities, our traits of behavior are simply appropriate responses to the world we experience, given the ‘bias’ described above.

We retain the qualities of the other two characteristic ways. With some people, they are extremely ‘of the one type’ and as such,  their capacity to see the other two viewpoints is deeply buried,  out of reach. Others,  such as the people here at the Doctrine (and by definition, you the Reader ) are not as caught up in their predominant viewpoint and can imagine the world of the other two.

You know what Soupy was reputed to have said.

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