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

Extra credit for anyone objecting to the affirmation (in the subtitle of today’s post) that ‘today only’ does not conflict with the assertion that it is, in fact, a continuation of another post. What credit is being acquired? Will only say, if we ever do hats or tee shirts, you on the guest list.

Characteristics of the three personality types (with valuable insight into their respective realities) in no particular order:

• clarks are the product of (an) upbringing in the reality of the Outsider and, thus, their scars are considered beauty marks as often as they are deformation
• writing a post at 4:30 in the morning, following a night of dreams focused on attempting to escape a world of insane irrationality, at a walking pace, probably has not exerted any lasting effect
• (lol)
• scotts don’t get scared, they get excited
• when rogers get scared they draw together within the local Herd, much like the non-intuitive strategies of World War II bombing raids that entailed flying in formation over enemy territory (sorry, still don’t buy it)
• but then, we’re not a roger
• the primary goal of, (the application of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine), is to become fluent in the language of ‘the other two’ worldviews.
• the simplest technique in determining the predominant worldview of another is to immediately toss the ‘no-fricken-way’ worldview and then take note of preferred pronouns
• a scott alone in a room, isn’t
• a roger alone in a room closes their eyes and feels the company of the Herd
• a clark alone in a room, surprisingly, gets bored quite quickly
• the social demands of responding to, contending with, and enduring the pandemic: angers scotts, annoys rogers and delights clarks because, ‘essential tale-tales are obscured, Herd-size is restricted and one’s face is effectively obscured, respectively
• having even a small degree of fluency in ‘the other two’ worldviews provides us with the early warning to: stay alert when encountering a scott, remember who you’re dealing with while interacting with a roger and take the opportunity to relax, when in the company of a clark
• the Everything Rule reminds us there is no exclusive claim, by any of the three personality types, on any occupation, avocation, hobby, interest, infatuation, part-time job, profession or ‘the-club-that-everyone-else-was-invited-to-join’
• that said, sometimes it helps to go with ‘the natural’, scottian cop, rogerian fire fighter, clarklike elementary school teacher… (to name a few)
• the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool for self-improvement and it is an additional perspective on the world around us and the people that make it up
• the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them