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

“…no, I was talking to the Texas School Book Depository Building behind you!”

Rule 8: ‘If this is your first time at this blog, you have to Comment’.*

Be that as it may, here’s a fun Reprint what be talkin’ about our scottian friends. (The other person in the car, in the vid, is FOTD Glenn.)

Stormy Monday, week’s beginning…the Wakefield Doctrine (a view of personality types that you might really enjoy)

October 29, 2012

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of personality that is based on the notion that we all experience life from one of three characteristic perspectives)(SPECIAL VIDEO: from a Saturday Night Drive on the eve of Hurricane Irene! August 31, 2011  I believe it was billed as the Storm of the Epoch)

Lots on the agenda for the Week, here at the Doctrine:

• a closer look at scotts (please do not cross the yellow lines, or make any sudden moves)
• we went and signed up with BlogTalkRadio (now all we have to do is understand the instructions on how to do this thing)
• Wakefield Doctrine DocTees should go into production (hey, it’s still cheaper than new golf clubs!)
• don’t you think that’ll do for a Monday Post? (bulletpointistically  speaking, that is)

scott  n.  1. the personality type associated with the worldview characterized as Predator/Prey, 2. the second of the three personality types that comprise the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers
adj. scottian [scoe-shun]

So where do we start?
How about: you have a friend, a person you have known for years, since you were young. (He/She) was one who got you to stay out later than your parents would let you, smoked cigarettes first, made out with a boy first, got into more fights than anyone you knew and saved you from getting into fights that you would not, could not win. This friend was smart but did not get good marks, funny but always went too far with the jokes, loyal yet at times moody and was (and still is) a lot of fun to be with… except when they get mad (which is often) or become overly aggressive (which you seem to tolerate) and still, after all these years he/she still manages to embarrass you in social situations.

Some bullets points relating to the nature and character of the scottian personality type:

• scotts are leaders (because they are certain, not necessarily right, but certain).
• scotts are self-confident/self-assured/certain (which is why, of course, they are the leaders)
• scotts are very emotional, but  in a way different way from rogers,  mecurial is the best word to describe these people
• in a band it is always a scott who is the ‘front man’, (see leader above)
• at a party scotts will  introduce themselves (to everyone)
• when confronted with a threat or other fear-generating situation, a scott will choose to attack rather than flee
• scottian females can be ridiculously sexy or quick witted, hardly ever both.
• (female) scotts can be spotted because they have prominent throat tendons (ask us why)

BlogTalkRadio. We have been looking for ways to increase the participation of Readers in the ongoing conversation about how the Wakefield Doctrine is both fun and useful. As everyone should know by now, we have a “call-in’ in show very Saturday night (the Wakefield Doctrine Saturday Night Drive), which utilizes a conference call service, i.e. there is a phone number and access code and (once signed in) you are effectively in a conference call with the other people. It’s a lot of fun, those who call in each Saturday Night create a very stimulating conversational environment with topics ranging from the silly to the profound. But….

 

Wakefield Doctrine DocTees Update: it seems that the DocTees are viewed as more useful and desirable blog-swag* than the Wakefield Doctrine hats (for your damn heads). There may be a bit of a gender issue here, if the Ys are outnumbered by the Xs , as current demographic studies indicate. If Readers  would rather wear a DocTee, than put a hat on your damn heads, it is totally fine with us… even though the design of the  hats allowed for personality-type specificity! (Having said that, if the DocTees become popular enough, we can always** get them re-designed to, somehow, include a highlighting of the personality type as do the hats. (for example on the hats:

 

Well that’s it for Monday’s Post. Let us know if the ‘experiment in Post formatting’ added to your reading experience in a positive way. We have so little time and so much to do, but we as always maintain, “if you are not nearly sick with apprehension as a result of trying to improve this blog, then you are a total, and irredeemable loser and don’t deserve a single damn Reader Comment. …and always try to have fun”

* thanks to Chuck Palahniuk author of Fight Club for the opp to paraphrase one of the Rules of Fight Club**

** it’s not like he was, all, ‘Sure, clark! Paraphrase to your heart content! Glad I could be of help!’ But, he did gift the world with the amazing story.