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

And, what a week it has been!

To recap:

clarks, scotts and rogers; secondary aspects; the Everything Rule; groups v associations; Ed Sullivan effect and, can self-awareness ever not interfere with exceeding the bounds of one’s predominant worldview?

Qucik!* before we forget! Go to Chris Hall‘s site (the blue hyper link of her name can be a gradual, Dr. Strange transition into another plane or a sudden, holodeck here-there experience. We’ll be along a bit later**.

Speaking of the permanency of personality types: when it comes to predominant worldviews, unlike the secondary and tertiary aspects*** there are no degrees of presence. There are no weak scotts or pale rogers. The reason: all three of the personality types, (of the Wakefield Doctrine), are mere labels for the nature and character of one’s relationship to the world around them. We’re not a clark ’cause we act like an Outsider. We demonstrate the qualities and behaviors we do because we grew up and developed our social strategies and styles in a reality in which we are Outsiders.

Self improving oneself. Here the Wakefield Doctrine gets all simple and impossible. We’re born with the capacity to experience the world in one of three ways. You already know that. All of us, at an early age, (and for reasons as of yet not understood), settle into one and only one predominant worldview. The way we develop in this reality is evidenced by the manner we relate ourselfs to the world around us. You knew that as well. What we can forget is that we retain the capacity to experience the world as do ‘the other two’. Thing is, we usually do so only at times of duress. But we do. Experience the world as would, in our case, a scott or a roger.

Therein lies the value of the Doctrine to those with an interest in self-improving themselves. Two words: Perspective. To see the world as a scott means to become aware of the world as does the Predator. This allows a ….a one-third increased range of options. But the drawback is, we don’t live in that reality and, most importantly, we did not spend the early part of our lifes practicing the skills to survive in that world.

But, hey, better’n nothin’ right?

Note: a strong secondary aspect implies a set of relationship dynamics otherwise not available to one in their predominant worldview.

Enough about that stuff.

If the Wakefield Doctrine has a mission statement it is: to increase our awareness of how we relate ourselves to the world around us and see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

…and and! with the Doctrine (and sufficient practice) you will know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

Who doesn’t want to be able to do that? lol

* one of our favorite jokes in the early years; a variation on the actual, (early years), joke which was FRIST! A haste-induced mis-spelling of the type most frequently used by the negative aspects of the Outsider personality to keep he/she on the reservation (Hint: involves one’s head swelling up and face falling)

** who said that? But, yes, you’re correct, ‘once a clark, always a clark‘ lol

*** e.g. We’re a clark (predominant worldview) with a significant secondary scottian aspect and a weak tertiary rogerian aspect