Month: September 2021 | the Wakefield Doctrine

Reprint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 20, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

Monday morning.

Reprint from 2011

But first a word to any New Readers:

The beauty part, (as Lou used to say), of the Doctrine is: You can’t get it wrong. No, serially! You can’t. … ok, that hand waving in the back, your question? You can’t get it wrong simply because it’s true.

Any other questions?

Actually, this is a valid response to a reasonable question. The reason we say, ‘You can’t get it wrong’ is because the (use/application) of the Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on how you relate yourself to the world around you. We’re not saying, ‘You are this personality type.’ We are saying, ‘Which of the three relationships to the world around you and the people who make it up, is the most resonant? Better yet, if the view of the predominant worldview(s) of the clark(Outsider), the scott(Predator) or the roger(Herd Member) were lenses, which allows you the least blurry view?

Yes, there may be other lenses, roger. But the Wakefield Doctrine has three lenses, aka predominant worldviews and only three. That’s ok, because as we said, way back in the beginning, the Wakefield Doctrine is not an Answer. It is not even the Only Correct and Effective tool. It is an additional perspective. Use it, along with any others you may be fortunate* to possess. More is more.

Why we’re so confident?

(Full Disclosure: old saying, ‘in for a penny, in for a pound‘. In our experience, those who ‘get’ the Doctrine enough to see the clarks, scotts and rogers around them, end up not being able to not see them. You’ve been warned. lol)

more necessary than you think, impossible to ignore, more popular than it should be, its the personality tool of the Wakefield Doctrine

September 20, 2011

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

The Wakefield Doctrine is a tool that is easy to learn to use. The theory of clarks, scotts and rogers is a fun way to look at the way the people in your life act and behave. The Doctrine is a tool that can be a huge help in changing the things about yourself that you have come to believe should be changed. The WD is a group of people with a common interest who share a way of knowing about human personality (and) the interactions between different people.

Because of the Wakefield Doctrine and this blog: clarks will come to understand that they are not as different from scotts and from rogers as they sometimes think; because of the Wakefield Doctrine and this blog: scotts will see for themselves that the world is less difficult and challenging and (that) not everyone is a threat; because of the Wakefield Doctrine and this blog: rogers will know that it does not matter whether they understand the reasons for the actions of others and (that) people who are different can be ignored without fear.

We are not being overly lyrical or mystical or theoretical or controversial with today’s Post. Sometimes it helps to just let passing thoughts see the light of day.
The Doctrine is beginning to catch on with people who had not heard the term: Wakefield Doctrine. We are getting emails from people who, after reading these pages are asking questions.
Questions about the value and the validity of the Doctrine.

In order to get the most out of today’s little Post, please do the following:

finish reading this Post before moving on*

know that everyone has the qualities of all three personality types, the idea is that one (of the three) is dominant

understand that this is a tool, however, the Doctrine is more a file than a saw, more a screw driver than a hammer (simply, relax, go slow and it will come to you)

take assurance that if you have gotten this far, in this Post, you will grasp the concept of the Wakefield Doctrine and you will get something (in return for your efforts)

the Doctrine is genuinely inspired and has a core of truth that is a little bit amazing in what it offers, but lighten up…it is meant to be fun as well as useful

practicing the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine will return benefits way in excess of your efforts

talk to others about this Wakefield Doctrine

don’t worry about getting it right ( and you clarks especially!…don’t worry so much you will get some of it wrong at first)…but the Doctrine is very flexible, you can’t break it

use the tools this thing offers, use it on yourself and when it works tell others

Glad you could stop by. Follow these simple suggestions and let us know how you make out!

* clarks! do not jump around half reading pages….scotts sit! read! think first then act….rogers get back here, you will be glad that you did…later they will understand you, first you must understand them

*there are those unfortunates who are unable to get beyond the, ‘Sure, that’s a great imaginary world, but real is real and there’s only one of those‘. We’re glad to have whatever it is we have that allows us to know there is more to reality than we know. (‘Cliffnotes‘ )

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Ten Things of Thankful (…Gesundheit!) -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 18, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is blah, blah, ( “…Where the heck did that pile of tree trunks go?!), blah

Inspired by blah, yadda, yadda (But the dog in the following post? Perfect lifeform and constant role model)

Always turn to ‘whatever’

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) serial stories: ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘ and ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘

5) Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) thanks to Mimi for making a comment, (on our Six Sentence Story this week), that suggested one of the music vids below… we hypo-youthful bloggers will enjoy it.

7) enjoyed watching an old, (old, how can it be old?!! you were an adult when it first came out!!), movie… ‘The Princess Bride’. (clips below)

8) Taking a lesson from Mimi, (who is truly a Grat Master), I offer a hypo-Grat, i.e. less physical stamina for my characteristic pleasure at the prospect of digging many holes in the ground to further the transformation of our property. I make the effort to remember that, despite how quickly the shovel weighs more than it did when I carried it from the shed, I am still carrying it from the shed and not dreaming of this activity from the clutch of some hospital bed

9) Hey! Here’s an idea that may provide mutual benefit, perhaps even enjoyment! We’re currently writing two serial stories right? (Up there at #4) Well this week I got it into my head to take three of the other writers at the Six Sentence Story and incorporate them into the narrative of the Ian Devereaux serial.) It was fun…for me. lol The question is, would any of you Readers enjoy being a character in the story? Early in the development of the idea, but let us know in the Comments if you think that’d be fun. (In that ‘sketch/caricature artist at the summer carnival’ sorta way)

10) S.R. 1.3 (Which allows us to count the completion of the task of writing a list as an item on said List.)

music vids

* (two clips from the movie)

* hey! here’s one of my favorite Hendrix songs… with a Spanish language lesson thrown in! (Yes, the Wakefield Doctrine, it thinks of everything!)

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 15, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise.

Format: a six sentence top and bottom limit.

(Full Disclosure: Stole the underlying idea from Dyanne, i.e. ‘borrowing people from the ‘real’ world’. Nevertheless, the Six that follows remains true to the fictional world of my Ian Devereaux mystery stories. This week’s new characters are for purely transitory-entertainment purposes only. That said, if the Reader response is sufficiently positive, they may remain a part of our increasingly broad narrative.)

Previously, in ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf’

Although Ian remains on the case as Dr. Leanne Thunberg’s private investigator, their personal relationship definitely is on the iffy side. The secretive, and demonstrably-lethal, Order headquartered outside Wiesbaden, Germany their continued existence since before men laid the foundation of the patriarchal template for human civilization provides abundant testament to the effectiveness of their strategy. Old-money coed, Lacy Whitelaw, is just getting warmed-up, though it would be a kindness to let her new bf know about life expectancy in her company. Somewhere in the stone and steel towers of Chicago, Anya Claireaux bides her time; everything, (and everyone), has the potential of becoming a valued resource. And, in the last booth, on the lounge side of his establishment, mirth begins to kindle in Lou Caesare’s face and threatens to flare up into laughter.

Prompt word:

Island

“Mr. Devereaux, there are people insisting they see you,” the ‘Mister’ tipped me off, so I shuffled a stack of divorce surveillance photos into a manila folder and stood up as the door opened, “Thanks, Hazel, I’ll take it from here….”

“Good of you to see us, Devereaux, Ford Jouets,” the Y-Chromosome half of the couple approaching my desk, reached towards me with a manicured-hand and a sardonic smile; we ended up in an impromptu fist bump as I was staring at the woman at his side, tall, south of thirty-five and dressed like a librarian, if, that is, Gormley and Gamble had a book section; an aggressiveness lurked beneath her smile that would’ve prompted Salome to offer one of her veils; I was glad I was already standing.

“Thank you for seeing us on such,” ignoring her companion, who was already sitting, crossed legs pulling on impeccably tailored trousers to show half a pair of bespoke Corthay Oxfords; he’d somehow managed to take a folder off my desk and was reading it and was, as God is my witness, in the process of tamping tobacco into what could only be a Dunhill Bent Apple pipe.

“We understand you’ve been investigating a recent, and quite unfortunate, accident in Wiesbaden,” seeing my eyebrows begin to push at each other, she added, “I’m Chris Stanople-Talle, I’m… we’re both based in the London branch of Interpol and have reason to believe there might be a mutually-satisfactory relationship here,” without the slightest hint of sarcasm or irony, she pronounced the compound adverbs in a way that sounded like, ‘dreamt-of’.

Hazel opened the door from the outer office, “Can I get you anything?” which triggered a smile from Ford and a nod from Chris who had just extended her hand, palm down, the climax of every knight-in-shining-armor fantasy; I grabbed the life preserver and said, “No, thanks, Hazel… hold all my calls.”

***

“Do I look like I’m here for a job as a stripper?” spotlights, chasing the dancer currently on stage, threw multi-colored frisbees around the entrance of the Bottom of the Sea, hitting the angry woman scowling at Diane Tierny, the club hostess, in the back of the head; the effect was, somehow, like a green screen in a tv weather report, streaks of green and purple trying to trick the long, blond-into-grey hair of the woman holding a stenographer’s pad and a cell phone into surrendering and joining the party;

“Tell ya boss that Denise Janus is here…about a story I’m writing dealing with the Rhode Island mob in the 21st… fuck it, just point me at him.”

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TToTree (Part two) -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 11, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Dyanne is the host.

Mimi and Lisa and Pat are co-hosts

Lizzi is the progenitorinae.

This week’s Ten Gratigenic People, Places and Things include:

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Serial Story-writing, ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘ and ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) I am grateful, (well, this is a grat blophop), for Una’s taste in music, specifically the music that relieves her anxiety during thunderstorms. Seriously, there’s a couple of fairly-metal cover songs that she prefers. Even more interesting, it’s not necessary to play the music at a volume to drown-out the thunderstorm… she lays on the bed, I play two or three songs (repeatedly) and she falls asleep. Sample, (in case you want to try it out on your own canine or significant other), is provided below as the second music vid.

7) Phyllis is followed out of the woods by a mimic* and, given her predisposition towards charity to others, apparently, (in the photo below), is considering bringing it into the house.

8) The effects of the tree cutting is fun because it manifests variably. One time, you look and it gives a certain sense of surrounding space, another and it’s the existing structures that change. cool

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

*’mimic the incredibly original aliens in the excellent movie, ‘The Edge of Tomorrow‘

music vids

…because, who doesn’t enjoy Bob Newhart (or, for that matter, watch in awe his comedic genius)

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 9, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Denise is reputed to be the host and is notorious for insisting that all stories be of six sentences in length. No more. Not less.

(Thought you might appreciate the heads up, ya know?)

Previously, on the ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘…

Count Cyrus St. Loreto was a man of ritual and tradition, it was this focus, that made his capacity to be aware of the smallest detail nothing less than breath-taking. The reaction of the castle’s domestic staff to his announcing he’d walk down the winding drive to the gate to greet his guests was tribute to their loyalty and no small measure of their acknowledgement of his will. There are some who say that it was not knowledge of Good and Evil that lay hidden within a particular fruit in a certain Garden, rather, some say, it was a far more insidious philtre: appetite. It’s effect on the First Man, (and Second Woman), was immediate and fatal. The couple, formerly of Paradise, knew desire at the price of serenity. Appetite is, at its heart, a verb.

This week’s prompt word:

DEAL

“Anselm, you know, I’m not quite what I seem, don’t you?”

At Mother Schader’s insistence, we planned to make the carriage ride from Bucharest to Brașov over the course of two days; Sarah and I were willing to make it a single day’s trip, a fresh team of horses along the way, but agreed to the more moderate itinerary.

Actually, I had a small hand in her acquiescence, explaining we would lose nothing but time by stopping for the night at Câmpina, the near-halfway point; some instinct within spoke to the wisdom of meeting the Count in early afternoon, over late at night.

Upon reflection, Sarah not only did not share a sense of caution, she became increasingly energetic as we settled in the brougham for the morning’s ride.

“You are wise, Anselm, the whispers of our brethren back in Whitechapel regarding un-named creatures that roam the night around Brașov, things to be feared, should be respected.”

My sister in the Order, (my lover in our souls), gazed out the side window as road climbed the rocky flank of the Carpathian mountains that reluctantly submitted to Man’s will; there was a flare of red in her eyes, like a sole Red Queen in the first deal of a two-handed game of whist, that spoke of the hunter far more than the hunted.