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

Well, we should get the New Readers back, seeing how we’re done with that most recent, “Damn! We thought we were strange with a personality theory predicated on three characteristic types of relationships with the world.”

oh well.

Lets do a Doctrine 101 RePrint so we can spend some time getting into character for our participation in the Six Sentence Story bloghop tomorrow.

ok… just got to hit ‘Paste’…what? Who said, ‘You know, as much as you find engaging in self-promotion distasteful, you might consider that there are a number of reasons rogerian writers and authors tend to be so popular. There is serious, secret flaw in the predominant worldview of a clark, that while exceeding the scope and time available in this post, bears keeping in mind.

Since the majority of people are rogers and rogers rely on both consensus and referential authority, a clark might benefit by suspendering their instinct to avoid scrutiny and lay some, “Dude! Everyone was right,  that was a really good story!”  What else ya gots?” (Full Disclosure: a little of your Narrator’s secondary scottian aspect is kinda bleeding through there. That said, it is axiomatic of this personality theory that one’s secondary (and tertiary) aspects are resources to employ not to avoid.

…Hey!  Narrator! Everyone says you write a decent noir serial story. What’s your favorite line? Come on! Lay it on us!

(ok) if it’ll get you to stop reminding us to use this thing to self-improve ourselfs, here ya go:

I live alone, in a too-big house, in an upscale suburban neighborhood.
I used to have a dog. I used to have a wife.
My wife divorced me and my dog died.

I really miss the dog.

Chapter 2 ‘the Case of the Missing Starr‘ [an Ian Devereaux Mystery]

There! Satisfied?

Where’s Sy Sperling when you need him? ok, as promised an early Post on how to get the most fun out of our little personality theory.

“block quotes and bullet points” the Wakefield Doctrine 3 personality types…easy to learn, fun to use

September 3, 2012

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

I was sitting on my deck this afternoon, watching our dog, Una. Our yard is fairly small but is surrounded by a pine woods. Una was sitting on the lawn, watching the woods for intruders and other threats and I  sat in my chair staring at the woods. All of a sudden there was a sound of cracking wood and through a nearby grove of trees, I watched a medium size tree fall. Accompanied by the sound of splintering tree limbs and cracking wood, it fell over. Without thinking and in a fairly loud voice, “I heard that!”  in the silence that followed, I started laughing.  (From …Tales of clarks)

The Wakefield Doctrine, today’s Post Title tells us, purports to be easy to learn and fun to use. Two questions:

1. how easy
2. what the hell do you mean ‘use‘

Easy as pie! To be honest* it would be better to describe the process (of learning the Doctrine) as being simple, rather than easy. Simple for those Readers with the quality of flexible intelligence, those who are comfortable using their imagination as well as they brains. The good news is, that if you are still reading this Post, you no doubt qualify.
See? That was pretty damn easy, non?

Use (our little Doctrine) in whatever manner you feel gives you the maximum benefit. This is where the Wakefield Doctrine totally has the advantage over those other personality theories! Learn about the three worldviews that are the foundation of the Doctrine and you can:

• amuse yourself watching people, people you know, people you don’t know.
• amuse your friends
• improve your own life, break habits…get new ones!
• hang out (virtualistically speaking) with people from all the hell over the globe, the people who come here and learn the Doctrine
• be a part of something that no one else in your family/group of friends/co-workers even come close to knowing about

So… since today is Monday/not-Monday go ahead and give the Wakefield Doctrine a try! Have some fun with it.   …you know, (I’m talking to the clarks out there) you will have some questions, ask us and we will answer. I personally guarantee that you will not regret asking the questions… because it is nearly totally certain that one of us have had the same concern. Come on! you know you want to…lol

* always suspect the person is lying when you hear a statement like this! As our Wikipedian friends would have us understand:
Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection )

How about a little borrowed music?