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

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Its another weekend for the place-in-the-world-that-didn’t-exist-until-Lizzi-created-it, the TToT. Hosted each week by Kristi it is an opportunity to share (or observe) what others have experienced in terms of people, places and things that elicit a feeling of gratitude. All ya need is a blog (and, technically, not even that) and the desire to see what that odd collection of people, over there, on the side, are doing, they seem to be laughing and looking thoughtful….

1) Una for providing a power of example.

2) Phyllis for providing a power of example.

3) Cynthia’s Rally we’re sure to reporting back anything we learn about how it went. Totally proud moment for my people.

4) work, it provides the opportunity, in addition to being one of those, ‘hey-ya-gotta-earn-a-living’ things, real estate allows for tons of chances to self-improve myself.

5) Chapter 14 ‘The Case of the Missing Starr’

6) The Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) Surely the most fun set of rules since, say, Fight Club.

7) The Wakefield Doctrine, specifically rogerian expressions. (For a more complete, if not less smoothly written explanation, head over to the page on rogers.) rogerian expressions are manner of malapropism so distinctive in rogers as to serve as a primary identifying characteristic*.  Where was I?  Oh, yeah… Phyllis and I were talking yesterday and the cause came up for her to say something about ‘having an airtight story/excuse/alibi’. Instead, she said, ‘I have a watertight story/excuse/alibi.’ I said something to the effect, ‘that would appear to be a rogerian expression.’  We chuckled (it was a minor rogerian expression). And, seeing how everyone wanted to talk about the Wakefield Doctrine, (lol), I mentioned that one of the ways of knowing that you’re dealing with a genuine rogerian expression is that it is always met with an outburst of unintentional laughter… a shocked kind of response. It is peculiar to the world of the Herd. Examples: “I needed to give them bad news, but I wanted to avoid baby-coating it.” or “I heard it’s been released to purchase on DVD, but I’m waiting for the un-abashed edition.” and more recently, “I find that, when it comes to personality traits, real estate agents tend to be too self-absorbent.”

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8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE If any Reader would like to give the TToT a try, but doesn’t feel quite ready to commit to a full-on Ten Things list, then Item Eight is for you. Send in your Grat Item in a Comment and I’ll totally post it here. Be sure to add any information and attribution and such to your comment. We’re kinda big on the whole privacy thing. (Priv a cee as people over Lizzi’s side of the ocean might pronounce it).

9) * sure, why have to scroll way the heck down to the bottom of the post. Want the simplest way to determine the predominant worldview of another person?¹ Learn the characteristic behaviors and habits and style of the three predominant worldviews. Remember that these are not personal choices, they are the most appropriate response based on the world, as the individual is experiencing it. Observe your target person in a situation. Is their behavior consistent with one hoping to get by in the shadowy, fringe world of an Outsider, do they attack, (or run away), without the slightest hint of thoughtful deliberations or does it feel like, (this person), knows they gots all the time in the world, and everything will work out for the best. (You know those eye tests? The real ones in a doctor’s office with the chair that looks like a dentist’s office but there’s no where to spit and no sign of a chair-side assistant girl²? Its like that. Consider the three worldviews and which is clearer in the context of your observed subject. ‘Is this clearer than this? How about now. Is this one clearer than that…’ Like that, only with ways of experiencing the world.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

1) this, however, warrants a separate place (and effort to get here)… one of the earliest rules here at the Wakefield Doctrine was, ‘No one can tell another person what their predominant worldview is, at least not while claiming any Doctrine authority’. The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them. Of course, we do have fun identifying other people. particularly celebrities for the simplest of reasons: it helps illustrate the character and characteristics of the Outsiders(clarks), Predators(scotts) and the Herd Members(rogers). It’s just that you can’t go up to someone, say, Ken Burns and tell him, ‘Dude, you’re such a roger!’ (and, man, he is such a roger!) Its just that the whole point of the Doctrine is to provide us with an additional perspective on the world and the people in it. The Doctrine is not ‘The Answer’. It’s more like  (f) in a multiple choice exam… right under (d) all of the above.

2) yeah, I know! seems kinda sexist and all but, (and I’m serial), does anyone out there have a dentist who has a chair-side dude? I’ll share the stats

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