Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Let’s start with three predominant worldviews as the ‘personality types’ of the Wakefield Doctrine are called:
- clarks (the Outsider) single statement description: ‘They abhor being the center of attention, however, will not tolerate being ignored.’
- scotts (the Predator) causal functionality: ‘I scream, therefore I am’
- rogers (the Herd Member) voted by all demographics of life as ‘The most likely to become too self-absorbent.’
Pretty simple, isn’t it?
ProTip: all three characteristic ways one might relate themselves to the world are, in dynamic balance, represents an ideal form of human.
Learn how it is ‘the other two’ relate to the world and you will better be able…wait! wait! Learn more of your own worldview first…really learn it…or as some very perceptive people might advise, accept it, the good with the bad.
Why is this ‘good with the bad’ so important? Because we are talking about the relationship we maintain with the world around us. Emphasis on ‘maintain’. Nothing so simple as hair color, body type, ethnicity or anything other socio-cultural attribute.*
As an additional perspective, the Doctrine is both fun, useful and productive in our efforts to improve our capacity to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.
So read and learn the general characteristics of the three types and go out into the world.
If you’re observant, you will spot the scotts first. If you are not, the rogers (by statistical default).
If, however, you’re a clark you will, out of sheer contrariness, look for, and after more time than it should take, spot the clarks in your world. Not easy to do as we are quite serious in our efforts to control the degree to which we are subject to scrutiny. Be careful. The hazard lies in seeing a clark and realizing that you, (we’re talking to clarks now), that you are like that. Maybe not as extreme, but you will find yourself identifying with them. (To your credit, the first thought after the nausea** passes is, “I must find a way to guide this person to the Wakefield Doctrine.’)
Final caveat: if you learn the Doctrine to the degree necessary to see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your everyday world, you may find yourself unable to not to the clarks, scotts and rogers around you.
* the Wakefield Doctrine is gender, age, culture neutral
** no! not because what you see is bad, but because you see how the rest of the world regards them and want nothing more than to spare them the…whatever you have endured to get to where you are. Which is: a much safer and supportive place with the impossible: the company of Outsiders
About clarkscottroger
today after reading was like visiting the tea party and the mad hatter… some days it’s the caterpillar on a mushroom… or when I hear a voice and then a grin appears it’s the Cheshire Cat … as always enjoy the clarification of the three aspects in all of us and how depending on the situation which plays the dominant position… always a shake of my head yeah or out right laughter … thanks for making my day today…
you are most welcome!
It’s certainly an interesting day when you treat everyone around you like a roger because most people are (except the person who comes running in and is obviously a scott), and then realize one of them isn’t. A roger, that is.
yeah. and you see and you identify and that’s the potentially painful part (at least for me… ‘oh man! clark you don’t need to make life more difficult for yourself and you do not need to seek validation in the opinion of others… but, yes, you do… you’re an Outsider and the only thing (potentially) more difficult than being an Outsider is hiding it from the ‘real’ people…
oh damn! is this thing on?!
lol
I know you know what I mean… and thanks for that
I would gloss it over but maybe I shouldn’t because I cannot not to bring it to attention, this arresting quote –
“you may find yourself unable to not to the clarks, scotts and rogers around you.”
Btw, somebody has to toil in the backroom to generate a new set of codes.
Cheers, to everlasting TToT.
but it’s true! the internal consistency of characteristics (of a person) to their predominant worldview (aka personality type) is remarkable. there have been time when observing someone in public (just people-watching not stalking lol) I want to ask them…”Alright who put you up to this? You are acting in complete symmetry to your type in the Doctrine!”
thanks for the reminder. there is one more week of code left, so next week I will create another batch and email them out