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

(why, yes! you do see a clark and a scott and a roger)

Two questions:

• what does the Wakefield Doctrine say about self-improvement
• does it really work
• what’s the most important aspect of the Doctrine

We gots to say: Not so sure there is only one, most important aspect, to our little ‘personality theory’. While the explanations offered for the use and enjoyment of this perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up has varied in writing style and presentation, the principles have remained the same since the beginning.

(Wait…) one or two ‘improvements’ do come to mind, though these might be an apple and an orange. The first would most likely be viewed an improved term for a concept and the second, a product of the application of the principles, the Doctrine in action, if you please.

First: the Everything Rule. ‘Everyone does everything at one time or another‘. While it took a few years to come up with this particular concept (or label or whatever the term), it addresses a very common question among new Readers. “Hey, I have a friend and they do this thing and that’s really got to be a scottian/rogerian/clarklike thing to do, right?” or “Isn’t that a job/occupation/avocation that only a roger/clark/scott could do?”

Quite understandable assumption based on a reading of the characteristics of the three individual predominant worldviews (aka personality types). In fact, there are things/occupations/hobbies that one, (of the three), might be better equipped to excel at, with the caveat that excellence in the performance/expression of a job or a vocation is always defined by the context in which it occurs.*

The proclivity of scotts to be performers or cops, the natural ability of rogers to excel at the hard sciences, engineering and machine operating and the tendency of clarks to wonder if they really have found something they’re good at; these are but a few of the ‘most likely to succeed at’ associations suggested by each predominant worldview. But, of course, there are rogers who are successful police (though only because they weren’t accepting applications at the fire department, lol**)

The Everything Rule is there to remind us of that all reality is personal. How a person might interpret the performance of an occupation or interest or dalliance is through the filter of their worldview, as an Outsider(clark), a Predator(scott) or a Herd Member(roger), i.e. the character and nature of the individual’s relationship to the world around them. We speak in terms of how something manifests in a given worldview.

To our examples: scotts love to chase things (people, animals, audiences, appetities…whatever). The way ‘being a cop’ manifests in the personal reality of a scott very often is viewed as successful.

Second: Referential Authority

(Sorry! Out of time. Have Six Sentence Story to work on. Big doins’ this Thursday. Will continue with Part Three later. If any Readers care to add to the description of Referential Authority, have at it.)

a little Tuesday-kinda music***

* Reminder: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender, culture and age neutral.

** New Readers? If that doesn’t strike you as at least half-funny, you best get back to your reading and studyin’

*** of course you should ask, “Why the heck is this ‘Tuesday music’ that’s what we’re here for… and any of the others such as Denise or Mimi or Cynthia would be happy to address your question if you’re sorta ‘oh man! does this Doctrine person ever give it a rest!?!

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