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

Somehow I seem to have gotten myself into a Post-a-Day thing, at least for the current month. I lay the blame at the, (attractive and totally wholesome, except for maybe the scott, who no doubt has some form of ankle or foot jewelry), feet of the Friends of the Doctrine who are participating in a month-long blog thing, the A2Z. And, for reasons that I don’t seem to need to explain to myself, I will be following their adventures throughout the next 28 or so days. (I’ve had more onerous tasks before… there was the time that I, but that’s not important now!0

What is important is that I use this time/space to further my efforts to introduce as many people as possible to the Wakefield Doctrine.  I said at the beginning of the week that I would be doing a serialized approach to Posts, however, at certain times, I will resort to using some Posts-from-the-Past. (Like they used to say on TV, when they were pitching re-runs, ‘if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!’

(From a couple of years ago):

The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that all people…you, me and the roger who you think you want to show this blog to, (but know instinctively that it would be a bad idea), are all born with the capacity to experience the world in one of three ways.¹ The Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on the idea that, at a certain age, ( 3 to 5 years old), all of us  settle on  one (and only one) of these three ‘worldviews’. From that point forward we: learn about the world (and) about the people around us (and) how to get along (and) what is expected of us and all the countless aspects of growing into a Life. The thing is, it is into the life of the Outsider or the reality of the Predator or the world of the Herd Member that we practicing for, developing strategies and skills necessary to lead a full life (a life, as defined by these three different personal realities).

Fortunately, we never lose the capacity to see the world, to some degree,  the way that (the) other two personality types experience it.

…so there you have the three personality types : clarks, scotts and rogers

The Wakefield Doctrine is both gender neutral and culture neutral.  While limitations and conditions may be imposed by the fact of gender or the requirements of local culture, the reality of the individual worldview will not change:  a scott is aggressive, a roger is sociable and clarks are outsiders no matter what.

Besides providing insights into the deepest most secret heart of hearts in the person in bed with us, the child as we put them on the school bus, the boss who has it in for us or the Professor who is making very un-welcome advances in the one course we cannot fail, the Wakefield Doctrine is fun! Fun to know about, fun to use in daily life, fun to share with certain friends².  And the cool thing is that  once you learn to recognise the clarks and the scotts and the rogers in your own world,  the rest of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine will become apparent! Sort of on it’s own,  somehow you will begin to see the world in a different way. Really. We are seeing this ‘self-learning’ effect with new Readers every day. Now to be fair,  this is saying as much about (you) Readers as it does about the Doctrine.  Anyone who finds the personality theory of the Wakefield Doctrine interesting has the kind of mind that likes to play with ideas.  A warning! Depending on which of the three personality types you are, you may experience some initial difficulties getting past the, “well I get the three personality types, but how do I know which one I am“?
It’s all here in the Posts and the Pages. If you are inclined to do it all yourself then you will find all the information you will need. If you are not so inclined, then just ask!  Write a Comment. If you are not feeling like being so…public in your learning phase, then contact one of the DownSprings or FOTDs ( Friends of the Doctrine ). I assure you that they will be more than happy to help, either by sharing their experiences (the clarks), giving you simple instructions (scotts) or happily taking the time to layout the Rules and Regulations of the Doctrine ( if you choose a roger as mentor).

 

1) when we say ‘see the world in one of three ways’ we are totally serious, as in the actual world is ‘different’ for each of the three types….not  “clarks choose only to see the (whatever) parts of life” or “scotts are active because they have so much energy”  no!  we mean the reality, the world itself is (slightly) different for the three personality types….thats why there are three personality types.

2) a word to clarks:  the first person you think ‘would enjoy this’ is a roger…the second person you think of is a scott and they are the ones you should tell about this thing.

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Today’s A2Z Update!

Lizzi:   continues her month of stylin the words:  a Book Review as Post, (or) a Post written as a Book Review, is, in fact,  a Book Review  Sunshine After the Storm 

zoe:  the  Binding of Books  (no, scott, get your mind out of the gutter… (well, a fairly exotic cellar… well, call the Gimp and be done with it)  Book Making the Legal Way

Jean:  did we mention our friend Jean is a scott?  and you know how they can be walking along, nothing weird and the next thing you know they have replaced all their clothes with balloon animals?  yeah, that kind of humor.  well, she’s only on ‘B’

Dyanne:  jeez  talk about ‘ready for any eventuality!’  the History, (varied and no doubt covering many a dark secret involving beautiful women, knees and elbows and the cry of the human soul) Read it for yourselfs