Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool, it’s an insight on everyday behavior, a strategy for self-improvement and, if ‘people watching’ is your idea of fun, the Doctrine will add a spectrum that will take it to a whole ‘nother level.
As a tool, the Wakefield Doctrine offers a perspective on the world around you. When confronting one of life’s many challenges, it provides you with one more possible solution to the problems of the day. Now, to be sure, when we say, ‘problems of the day’, we’re not (necessarily) talking about World Hunger, Global Warming or why National Geographic has a show about arm wrestling. No, we’re talking about the problems that we all encounter, everyday. These are (the) little logistical problems such as:
- getting the kids off to school
- managing daycare providers
- finding the time to write a serial blog
- dealing with the supervisor at work who is, according to the Company HR Manual, ‘an asshole’
- trying to listen in class when the teacher keeps forgetting that there are other people in the room.
These are the kinds of problems that the Wakefield Doctrine can help you with today.
The Wakefield Doctrine has 3 personality type categories: clarks, scotts and rogers. You are mostly one (of these 3) but you still have the other 2 in background.…and when we say personality types? We mean is, “What kind of world do you walk out to every morning”? Because the Doctrine is not about your likes and dislikes, favorite colors or foods, interests, hobbies, avocation or inspiration. It is about the nature/character of your personal reality (aka worldview).
Yes, you read that right. Reality. Each of the three types of personality in the Wakefield Doctrine experience a different reality. Nothing weird or earth-shakingly different. No crystals or herbs or inner vibrations required either. Just this:
- clarks exist (in the world) as the Outsider. They are normal in every other respect, it’s just that they know that they don’t belong, they are not like other people. clarks are the quiet, creative, funny (except you have to really pay attention or you’ll miss their jokes), self-deprecating, hardworking people that are there all around you all this time;
- scotts are so in your life (and you will get this description only if you are not a scott) they are the natural leaders, natural salespeople, natural entertainers… you getting the theme here with this personality type? natural. scotts are the people who live life by the moment without restraint, consideration, forethought, it’s a wonder they live as long as they do
- rogers (you know who you are, and right now you are denying it) rogers are the everyday, friendly, easy to talk to people that populate every workplace and classroom and corner bar. rogers will be the person you turn to when you have a secret and rogers will be the one you turn to when you want to learn the latest gossip, they are the engineers, the lawyers, the doctors and heart and soul of every PTA and Neighborhood Watch program in the world.
The Doctrine is different from all the other mainstream personality (and self-improvement) systems out there because we insist that it is not just you, it is the world itself that accounts for your ‘personality type.
…speaking of personality types! It’s time to check in with our friends in A-tu-Z Land!
Friends of the Doctrine who are continuing with the Challenge, from some frickin bunch of bloggers who have managed to position themselves such that completing their ‘Challenge’ appears to convey something of special value for the participants. (What’s that, zoe?? “resonate with their rogerian aspect”? yeah, I think it’s a little of that, very good! Anyone else?…. Lizzi? “allow clarks the opportunity to demonstrate their worthiness without the risk associated with simply standing up for themselves“? I like that! spoken like a true clark…. anyone else? Yes, I’ll accept, “but it’s just fun to do it!” thank you Jen-ay.
Lizzi: for today she has ‘G- Guest Post’
zoe: is in already with that one thing that you will notice today, as if you had never seen the likes of it before”…. gggG”
Jean: (from her most excellent ‘Fictionary’)…and the letter mostly likely to be associated with Thanksgiving!! G
Dyanne: no, I agree! I too cannot wait to see what she follows flatuence with… HEY!! Dyanne is in the house! funny G post
Michelle: there is a disadvantage to living one day in the future, I agree… (please identify yourselfs when speaking up) very cool reality cross-over, (aka synchronicity) G
ok get on to work with you, you know you can do it!
About clarkscottroger
FRISTFRIST FRIST!
lol
totally and with just minutes to spare!
why is Dr. Doom being attacked by squirrels? Cuz it’t tuesday? I gotta figure this one out….comic book geek that I am.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_Girl
Wow! this is why I can go on!!!
lol I really don’t want to know, do I?
(given that the alternatives were: First Perls, ‘attachment is the source of all suffering’ and Viktor Frankl and I still went with Dr Doom, we both agree that this is one trunk in the attic that doesn’t really need opening, non?)
Have you ever heard of squirrel girl?
clarkman! You made me crack up with your description of daily life — I think I lost it right about at the supervisor but the teacher is awesome!!! Love your posts and come here instead of dutifully following the A-Z. Meanwhile, I never even FOUND ZOE yesterday and I looked!
jenheh
Jean
It’s what we (the Wakefield Doctrine) is for… a(n) additional way to experience the world.
Right! :) xox
JEAN! dont you just use Clark’s link???? There is something for you alone in yesterdays blog… find me !!!!!!
ps you are not alone…. I hear Im hard to find! not kidding!
It is jewelry? what is it?
MIDDLEOFTHECOMMENTS!
Whoooooop.
I am…
Am I?
We’ll see. I didn’t like work today
….”and the Award for the Median Comment goes to!!”
lol (so that means there must be exactly 13 more Comments…yes?)
I’m sure that could happen.
It was boring. Meetings. Got to write but wasn’t ‘feeling it’. MEAHHHHHhhhhhf
have run into that feeling a time (or two) (or 53)…. lol thank good for re-prints!! Nothing frickin stays the same for us (clarks)!! I used to be happy finding a Post that I like and copy/paste and stick a clever title on it… now, I read the thing and start thinking, ‘yeah, but that’s superfluous’…(I’m sure I was being funny and appreciated when I wrote it…. but that’s one of the elements that is sticking nowadays)
..hey, not sure if that makes it easier or more difficult for me or you! as a niche blog…always the same subject matter, simply further exploration and discovery… improvement focused on skill of telling the story. But you have the world (or the ‘sphere at any rate) as fair game for both new Post and/or re-prints
ya know?
Well, so do you, to an extent – you can take the entirety of the human condition and Doctrinify it. I have one subject. And fiction. I have fiction, too.
Weeeha lizzi the middle girl!!!
survival in any meeting for me relies totally upon my ability to doodle.
I thought it is he would kind of rejuvenate my writing but its really turned it even more mehhhh I think because of the theme I chose…..oh well….
I know what you mean about not feeling it was he but if it helps at all you’ve definitely been burning it up. Your stuff for this atoz thing has been really good!
Dictation argh!!! ‘ A toZ’ not ‘it is he.’..3rd line
LOL! Gotcha! I have some awesome ones coming up, and also some ‘meh’ ones. I’m not keen on the one for the TToT this week – it needs work!
I’ve enjoyed learning things from yours, Zoe.
WHERE IS MY JEWELRY?
didn’t like work, what the hell?