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

Raining on a Monday morning. If it were warmer I’d be going for the Robin Trower for the musical accompaniment. But its a bit too harsh, so I think I get us some Stevie Ray.

So, what do you want to know? Doctrine-wise, of course, not into autobiography here.*

Since you’re thinking it. What are the three worst things for the three personalty types? Their personalized kryptonite, if you will.

clarks: scrutiny    scotts: unreliability     rogers: individual accountability

yow! thats a pretty insightful list. Gimme me a minute. (Serially, while I knew the first, about clarks and was certain of the core idea, if not the comprehensive explanation of what it is scotts fear the most, I hadn’t looked at the existential fear of rogers all that much.)

New Readers! Three ‘personality types’ (though the preferred term is ‘predominant worldview’). Everyone starts with the potential of all three, end up with one. Never loses the potential of ‘the other two’, as an enhancement only. These three are:

1. clarks aka the Outsider. This type of person prefers the company of themselves in the context of others. clarks see the world as being something/a place, ‘out there’ (a sure indicator of a person having the Outsider predominant worldview is an identification with the statement, “First thing in the morning, before I even get out of bed, is to take stock of my recent past and impending duties and decide what I can do about the world out there.”) clarks are the creative ones of the three, but only in a startlingly new way, not anything that will appeal to the mass audience. That said, while clarks abhor being the center of attention, they will not tolerate being ignored. Dress funny, mumble and the loyalest of friends.
2. scotts aka the Predator. Action figures with moveable parts and uncontrollable emotion. The existentialist of the three, in practice not in reflection. The reason for the person who you always notice, be it in a line at the grocery or the gallery at a golf tournament (whenever the Covid lets them gather again), being the way they are, is: they grew up in the reality of the jungle/savannah, eat-or-be-eaten, chase your dinner or run from the chef. scotts are natural leaders, more due to the weakness inherent in the crowds that look to them for salvation than any particular intelligence or wisdom. scotts are often wrong but, never uncertain.
3. rogers aka the Herd Member. Because, what’s the good of living in a group if there aren’t any rules? as individuals, rogers are both Rule-discoverer and Rule-teacher, enforcement is left to the Herd at large, ’cause nothing says ‘join us’ more effectively than ‘or else we’ll banish you’.

The Wakefield Doctrine, as a perspective, affords us one more way to experience the world. Ok, three more ways to the experience the world; if, that is, you can imagine the world and the people who make it up as having the character and characteristics ascribed to the three worldviews. And, for reasons not understood, there’s an incredible interior consistency to the descriptions of the three personal realities. They, (these descriptions), pull together elements and aspects of life that make total sense, in the context of the personalty type. The surprise might be diminished if we remind ourselves that the Doctrine is grounded in the relationship between the individual and the reality around them. Understand how the other person, (or you), relates themselves to the world around them and everything else falls into place.

Remind me tomorrow to explore that ‘kryptonite thing’.

* no, of course not, Mr. Narrator, sir. Ain’t nobody but us non-critical listener/readers out here… lol