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

New Readers?

There’s this thing we’ve discovered about our Readership over the years that’s encouraging  to most (Readers) and challenging to some. At least to the extent that this insight has been validated by all who come here and stay for any length of time.

Of all the Readers who come back here more than twice, most are either clarks or scotts with a significant secondary clarklike aspect or rogers … with a significant secondary clarklike aspect.

Sure, you’re thinking, ‘Well, duh. That pretty much includes all three personality types. Where’s the 411 in that?’

Hey, we have established that clarks consume ‘new’ like starved monkeys in a banana factory, right? The thing about insatiable appetites is theys always in a hurry. That’s why clarks do so poorly at tasks/jobs/hobbies/relationships that require a careful reading of concise and mandatory-for-success instructions. We* get it. We see the parts all in a box and such. Unfold the instructions. Read the first page, the top of the rest of the pages and then, if the pictures at all resemble what we have held in our minds since we started the assembly process… no! wait! make that ‘since we imagined having whatever it is that involves this task/job/hobbies/relationship’ then we’re all set.

Sure. Take all the time you need, New Readers** We’ll pause and, hell, why not lets stick a music vid here while you process the preceding paragraphs. (A little courtsey from your friends here at the Doctrine. Allows those for whom the thought is dawning, ‘Jeez that stuff in the other posts wasn’t, like for effect, where’s the door?’)

Lets what say we provide a little cognitive dissonance: the clarks (those whose predominant worldview is the of the Outsider) more often than not have greater difficulty getting anything useful from this little thought experiment than do the scott or roger (for each, the presence of a significant secondary clarklike aspect is totally sine qua non.) All that ‘Hurry up and lets get to the next thing that might have the Answer!’ don’cha know.

BEgin… NOw

Pencils down…

ok

be sure to tune in*** tomorrow. that, being Thursday, you, New Readers, are invited to participate in the Six Sentence Story bloghop. Go ahead! Join in! Instructions are right there on the landing page. What you got to lose? (other than self-respect and the dream of being considered a legitimate writer, of course. lol)

The point of our post. The ‘takeaway’ is twofold: a) the presence of a secondary clarklike aspect cranks up the curiosity factor in scotts and rogers and 2) of the three, only clarks perceive out little personality theory as something not only interesting, but potentially useful.

* yes, we are a clark… we know you knew, but just wanted to crank up the ‘Annoy’ on the rogerian Readers and distract the scottian ones. Best of intentions, a course.

** totally grateful for your presence, yo. If for no other reason that our own fluency improves ever time we try to explain this here personality theory here to a stranger

*** ayiiee such a ‘How did so much time pass so quickly that this idiom is a frickin’ Rosetta-fricken-Stone for just about every one you’ll encounter today… (the polite ones will look slightly-unbored and say, “This ‘Dial’, you mean you watched ‘tele’ ‘Vision’ in the shower?!!’)