Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday..
clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel
Yeah… no! wait!!
Friend of the Doctrine Mimi commented (yesterday’s Post) and it helped immensely to bring more of a focus to our discussion
It’s not what is said, it’s what’s heard, and therein lies both the potential, and the problem.
There!
So how does our friend’s observation help us in our study of this here personality theory here?
Let’s start with what we know and infer what it would be good if we did know!
The Wakefield Doctrine proposes that not only is personality a function of the character of our relationship to the world around us (and the people who make it up), but the reality we experience is fundamentally different. So:
- a clark, having a relationship with the world best described as (being) an Outsider sees those around them as possessing knowledge that they, the clark, lacks. clarks are eternally, if not compulsively curious. and though this is often view as a healthy attitude towards learning new skills and such, it is, in fact, a drive to acquire the information that the others (scotts and rogers) have that they lack.
- a scott relates to the world and life as would a Predator. hungry all the time, and not simply because they need sustenance. rather they are voracious due to the fact that they realize (on a subconscious level) that there is only the present and the world is one of eat or be eaten. ….metaphorically, of course. lol
- the roger knows the world is nearly perfect. the only thing lacking is compelling evidence of just how large the Herd (of which) they are a Member is. rogers days are like that child’s swimming pool game of ‘Marco Polo’ in which the person who is ‘it’ must close their eyes and find and ‘tag’ the other players in order to be released from being the blind one. they call out ‘Marco’ as the other players must respond with calling back ‘Polo’ That is as succinct an example of the dynamic of a roger’s passage through Life
There you have it! One Half of the Lesson on ‘What is it the Wakefield Doctrine allows us to do that is better than any of the other system, including but not limited to the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, the Vedas and the Book of Mormon.
About clarkscottroger
Mimi’s comment and the last couple of posts serves as reminder life can be made a tad less stressful for 1) being able to spot the clarks, scotts and rogers and 2) learning how each relates themselves to the world because…. the same event, situation, interaction will manifest as something different to all three.
Effective communication. I’ve been remiss in practicing the “language” of rogers albeit, it’s been an ongoing process. I have a close rogerian friend. She’s been tutoring me in her people’s language (although she doesn’t know it) and was a huge help in my learning how to respond to certain irritating aka antagonizing texts from my sister. After I’d begin an emotionally charged text in response to her (my sister was a roger of the highest order), I’d stop typing, read my sister’s text to my friend and ask how she’d respond. I typed verbatim what she told me. I’m convinced at some point my sister must have been wondering who made off with her “weird, you think you’re better than everyone else” sister, lol
Proof IS in the pudding.
Never too late to learn another language.
and I think the thing for me, the simplest most cogent and useful reminder is clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel. with that statement (and a willingness to extrapolate well beyond what’s reasonable) we can get a glimpse into the personal realities of the ‘other two’. cool
mind, body, heart and such
As I learned from Grandpa, tact, tact, tact!
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