Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
I have, for reasons un-examined, come to think of Monday as Cynthia’s Substitute Class Day. (You remember. The substitute teacher, (short-term substitute, not long-term; there is a total difference between the two, the former a clark or a scott, the latter a Roger), would start the class by saying that she/he would pick up where the regular teacher left off, and then ask the class where that was.)
Cast your mind back to, say, either the third or the sixth or, if you’ve done your reading, tenth grade. All three stages in your school life will serve quite nicely. So when the substitute teacher asks, the responses from your class were as follows: the first two from rogers, the third, a scott and the fourth and fifth, a collaboration between a clark and a scott.
Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Let’s listen to music while the more fastidious among us (no, not a bad thing, roger, not a bad thing). The selection today is inspired by Phyllis from an early morning conversation.
Alright, back?
The most useful thing to be derived from an understanding of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine:
We, all of us, live in a world, experience a reality, that is, to a small but significant degree, personal. Nothing exotic, psychotic or otherwise weird. Simply personal. (Here, try this: you and I are standing on the sidewalk across the street from a popular local restaurant. It is the beginning of lunch hour and the restaurant is already crowded. Just as I’m about to say something about personal reality, we hear a voice. It is an acquaintance of both of us. Their tone is one of surprise. Neither of us believe that quality. I smile. You laugh.) In the scenario in parentheses all three people see the same restaurant. All three experience the ‘lets go have lunch’ quite differently.
That is half of the ‘immediately useful’ thing.
The other half is that we all experience the world from one of three perspectives, that of:
- the Outsider(clark)
- the Predator(scott)
- the Herd Member(roger)
The nature and character of the three predominant worldviews is distinctive and different. Understanding all three will allow you to gain a sense of how the three luncheonnaires above are experiencing the prospect of crossing the street.
Learn the worldviews and you will be in a position to know the other person better than they know themselves. All of what you need to learn is in this site. Maybe next post we’ll consider the nature of the three worldviews.
Miz Cynthia!!! Miz Cynthia!!! I know! I know where the teacher left off!!!
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It is the coolest thing! To recognize how a situation manifests in each of the 3 different personal realities. I mean, c’mon! Talk about a heads up, lol. Who wouldn’t want that advantage :D
This is a true statement.
I like the Doctrine advantage, myself. I also have been known to channel my inner scott when answering questions in class because…needed to share knowledge (apart from just acquiring it). Back in those days, I’d revert to a wallflower after having my limelight moment of enlightening everyone with the correct response. But yeah…lemme tell you, I’d often wait 2 or 3 students before answering because…I once got yelled at for being a know-it-all. Hell, I didn’t fit in – and I literally reasoned this – so why not drive home the point by being a book of knowledge? So I totally invoked the clarklike part of myself to acquire the knowledge, and then channeled the scott for the attention – at least when it came to the right answer in class. These days, I’m much more closeted with my answers, letting them manifest on my site, OR dropping little knowledge bombs when they least expect it.
Just the other day I was in the office and a friend says, “I got new running shoes but they don’t fit my feet well.” Yeah, I immediately knew what was up and told her so: “You have high arches and that brand of shoe caters to people who have low arches and pronate. You supinate. You need a different brand.” I didn’t explain why I knew that. I just returned to my computer website stuff. I knew she was blinking at me blankly trying to process what I’d said. I withheld a smirk so she wouldn’t see that I’d done it all on purpose….
HAHA.
Happy Monday!
“…dropping little knowledge bombs when they least expect it.”
lol. excellent visual, yo
we sho are driven to learn stuff. And, I agree, it’s tough accepting that people don’t always appreciate it… we’re happy to give away what we know, if for no other reason than we know we’ll ourselfs more
I mean Tuesday. Jeez…it’s early.
lol