Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Just a quick, jot-down-a-list of things to pick up at the Cumberland Farms and/or other semi-important things to do on a busy day Post today.
Speaking of Lists! Did you know that the concept of ‘a List’ are three very different things to a clark, to a scott and to a roger? Well, they are! (Want to thank Cynthia and zoe for their Comments re: Cynthia’s reference to Dale Carnegie and is famous self-help book, ‘How to Win friends and Influence People’.) The point being, that something as simple at that book will manifest differently for a person, depending on their predominant worldview. (‘manifest’ is the term we use in this context), because we want to be sure that we remember that we’re not talking about:
- ‘how a person interprets the book’, or
- ‘what a person gets out of reading the book’ and we’re so not saying,
- ‘whether are not the person understands what Dale is trying to say’.
Nope! To say that this Book ‘manifests…’, is to say that it’s an actual ‘different thing’ and, …especially and! (the concepts it presents) are different things, depending on the reader’s personality type.
Speaking of fun and challenging, zoe has this week’s Six Sentence Story prompt up already! So, if you’re like me, you’ll want to go over there and see what the word is so that you can start the struggle early! (I’m just kidding. not. There are some astoundingly skilled and talented people who join in each week and they produce stories that’ll have you saying, ‘how the hell do they do that?’ and they make it look easy. For example, take Dyanne (please! barum bump!) she has the gift of the Six Sentence Stories and they are quite good, as are all the others…. Why don’cha stop by and send in a Story!
Speaking of gravity matters! (ha ha) We have an Open Enrollment Day running today only at the ‘Gravity Challenge‘! You should join us. It’s fun and satisfying. …ok, a little odd, but in a good way, and the people! Once again, it’s the people who participate that makes a blog or a bloghop or even a group weight lose thingie, the cool thing that it can be. So, if it makes you feel better to talk to a participant, before you join look up Christine or Lisa or Val or Joy or Kristi and then come join us!
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Ohhh…I love the six sentence stories!
see you there (tomorrow)?
Might take you guys up on the gravity challenge!
excellent! ‘misery loves company’!
just kidding zoe!
Don’t you think that the concept of a “self-help book” is quite ridiculous? If I’m supposed to help myself, do I really need a book? Aren’t I supposed to help myself? Shouldn’t it be more accurately called “a guide to show you ways that may help you getting your act together”?
I totally agree. But then again that’s why health clubs make so much on memberships (that are used for a while and lapse…for many of the people how sign up).
Organizing information and techniques is valid (I think of the Wakefield Doctrine in that light), however, as we always say, it (the Doctrine) is simply one more perspective, what you do with it is always up to you (I really dislike the concept, more in the 90’s than nowadays) of empowerment. That is total crap imo…. that one person can empower another… at least the way that the people who use the expression use it… (usually rogers) lol
nurturing change and self-improvement? sure… and group support? absolutely (I’m totally behind the use of ‘identifying’ with others who are at a stage of development that is higher than my own as part of the process of supporting self-improvement. But, it always comes down to the individual
(no, no interest in that topic, huh? lol)
I would submit that it’s “total crap” because you’re a clark. You live in the personal reality of a clark (the Outsider, one who stands “alone”).
But! You made the point – for (some) rogers, the concept of “empowerment” is valid in their personal reality(s). IMO, it speaks to a group thing. In the example of the gym membership – it’s where you go to be among a large group of people who (ostensibly) want to get into better physical shape.
What a thing “means” is dependent on one’s personal reality. How cool is that? :D
P.S. And most helpful!
yeah , I got nuthin’. except to tell you that youve been working way to hard as the SSS cue is up every SUNDAY!!!!! WED IS A REMINDER at the request of a few participants.
good thing I didn’t know Sunday… as I was still confident from the previous SSS lol
It was such an awesome book! :D
And I typed out notes and everything! ;)