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

no, it’s ok! I’m a Saint

Of course, I mean unpredictable within a reasonable set of parameters. (no, don’t worry, this is not one of those Posts…. it’s just that I have to walk before I run… or is that crawl before I jump… no, I’m pretty sure it’s walk don’t run, unless something is chasing you and you’re fairly certain you don’t want it to catch you, at least not until you’re ready to be caught.)

Well, this is shaping up to be a pretty free-form Monday Post! Might be best if I get to the valuable content before it gets too non-sensical. Agreed?

the Wakefield Doctrine is a very, very useful and fun tool for better understanding the people in our lives. With the perspectives (of the three personality types/worldviews) we are in a position to see the world as the other person is experiencing it. And we all want to better understand the people we encounter today, don’t we? Well, you should. And I’m not saying this from any ‘oh-my-love-of-life-and-all-the-animals-and-fowls-in-the-world simply compels me to spend my life in seeking insight into my fellow human beings. I do, after all, have a significant secondary scottian aspect.*  So be on the lookout for the clarks, scotts and rogers out there today. When you interact with them, remind yourself that, if you simply acknowledge the clarks, they’ll go to the ends of the earth for you, and if you don’t show any fear or tendency to run away, you can have the scotts eating from your hand and the rogers… well, be patient.

Speaking of patient!  Chapter 3 is on the books. Please go to Blogdominion and give me whatever feedback you are inclined to give.  If you’re going there the first time, the site is a little slow and clunky, but you’ll see that there is a Chapter 0-3 (zero being the Prologue). The site lets you Vote or Comment or even Review. Thank you.

This Week: the Gravity Challenge takes on the Godzilla of food months, November! The Graviteers are totally up to the Challenge, but they’ll appreciate it if you stop by from time to time and cheer them on…. zoe and them will be lurking, up there around Wednesday or Thursday, with her Six Sentence Story (like big kids in the Junior High School locker room…. ‘hey lets pants ‘im’) come on! join us, you know you want to!  and now that Lizzi is back, (for now), from her amazing walkabout… stop by Considerings and say ‘Hidy!’….   While she’s very busy shaping the future for a generation of grade schoolers and may not be at her blog when you go there, stop by Pictimilitude!  Cynthia has a side project that you’re totally going to love… (can’t tell you, it’s a secret! But for a hint: you won’t feel as bad as you once did if you don’t stay inside the lines!)

*not certain what this means? then clearly you need to spend more time reading about the three worldviews (aka personality types) of the Doctrine. ok… since you’re asking nicely, according to the Wakefield Doctrine, we are, all of us, born with the potential to experience the world from one of three perspectives:

1. as an Outsider (clarks)
2. as a Predator (scotts)
3. as would a Member of the Herd (rogers)

and, at an early age we settle into one (of these three personal realities). The rest of our early lives are spent learning and practicing strategies and approaches that are most effective in the context we find ourselfs. But, we never lose the potential to experience the world as do ‘the other two’ (the 2 non-predominant worldviews). Some of us, in fact, have characteristics from ‘the other two’ at higher levels than others. Myself, as an example, I’m a clark with a significant secondary scottian aspect and a marginal tertiary rogerian aspect. What this means is that I mumble, put my hand near my face when I’m talking to you, my posture is sort of a slouch, but I’m pretty funny and totally a good listener. You know someone like that, I know you do. Now, about that secondary scottian aspect. This post today is about learning to understand people better and is, by and large, pretty insightful. It also has an image of a painting of a guy grabbing some medieval chick’s boob…. with a funny caption.  Any questions?