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

Continuing with our renewed effort to present the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to a new(ish) Readership, let’s focus on identifying the three personality types in the ‘real’ world.

You, in your journey through the day will encounter: friends, acquaintances, near strangers, totally-strangers, people you have seen before and, in theory, people with whom you’ve never crossed paths; depending on the form of your reality, there will sales clerks, police officials, teachers, co-workers, supervisors and sub-ordinates and they will all share one thing in common.

They are in your world.

(Big lead up, questionable close? well, yeah.)

The reason ‘They are in your world.’ is the jumping off point is to remind us that we, all of us, act, interact, react and hide from some, none or all of the things that make up our world.

Where the Wakefield Doctrine comes in and becomes more useful than it should be, is that it, (the Doctrine), is about how people, (all and more than the above), relate themselves to the world around them. They relate themselves as best they can, given the character/nature/style/form of the reality they are experiencing. (Quick note: all reality is, to a small degree, personal. The common world is full of semi-solid things, people and institutions and such. The personal aspect of reality and the world waiting for us on the other side of sleep-closed eyes, is grounded in our lifes and experiences.)

The Wakefield Doctrine describes three ways we relate ourselfs to the world around us:

1. as Outsiders(clarks)
2. as Predators(scotts)
3. as Herd Members(rogers)

The most difficult approach to learning to use the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine is, when encountering a person, to ask yourself: is this person experiencing the world as an Outsider would or are they living the life of a Predator or are they simply Members of the Herd?

The fun way is to read enough for these posts to acquire a list of behaviors and characteristics of the three worldview and be on the lookout for them.

See, the thing about the Doctrine is, and the way it is different from those systems where you checkoff a list of behaviors and interests, likes and dislikes and then add up the score to see what category they fall into, we start with the reality, (one of three and only one of three), in which the person developed their ‘personality’. In this world/reality (that of the Outsider or the Predator or the Herd Member) we all developed our coping mechanisms, worked out the social strategy that gave us the best shot at being a successful lifeform. Using the Doctrine is simply a matter of remembering the characteristics of these three realties.

A clark mumbles, puts their hands to their faces way too much, acts shy, expresses genuine creativity and constantly moves in the shade of ‘real’ people, acquiring a small number of friends and hordes of people who can’t remember their actual name. These behaviors and attitudes, (among others), are the strategies that works best for the Outsider.

A scott shouts, moves quickly and decisively and acts on their impulses without second-guessing because the world they grew up in was in no way different from the nature-unplugged world of the predators we all know and love (from a safe distance): i.e. lions, tryansauri rexeses, hawks, sharks and the like. To live for the moment and in the moment is the strategy that best serves the Predator.

A roger is confident and self-assured because the world in which they formed their personal style is the reality of the Quantifiable and Certifiable. They are good team members because everything worthwhile in the world is related  on some level. They know the secret to a successful life among their peers, (the Herd), is to discover the Right Way to do things. The ambition held in highest regard among Members of the Herd is to share that knowledge.

Thats all we have time for today.

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