Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Being Summer, lets run with a ‘Summer School’ schtick. Everone’s minds being elsewhere, it only makes sense.
If we come up with something original(ish) we’ll, like, use blue font. aiight?
“block quotes and bullet points” the Wakefield Doctrine 3 personality types…easy to learn, fun to use
September 3, 2012Welcome 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:
- how easy
- 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?
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One of the good things about the Wakefield Doctrine compared with all of the other personality theories is you don’t have to take a test to tell if you are an XYZ or an ABC. You pretty much know already. But I wonder if you have considered constructing such a test?
Agreed
And to use a concept/thing that we really like in the context of the TToT especially (and many other groups, schools of thought, etc use) is the concept of ‘identifying with’
And, since the essence of the Doctrine is focused on one’s relationship with the world and life and such (cain’t get more subjective than that)… the onus of the efficacy is purely on the individual. While we are fond of saying ‘You can’t get it wrong’ assurance is tied to a challenge ‘know thyself’… eg I abhor scrutiny* scotts can, when approached by a nosey person, get annoyed… that doesn’t make them a clark (Outsider) a roger is very forthcoming (where their interests are involved and may welcome questions but not too many questions (and that doesn’t make them a clark)
so much of this thing is ‘how does it feel’ ‘how clear is the world (when comparing the relationships of the three)
but still, you’re right… the fun of this thing is that anyone can do it.
As curator (or any other aficionado of this thing of ours) we all feel the responsibility to make suggestions to others in the interest of getting the most from the application of the principles
oh, yeah you were asking (Don’t tell anyone… but, it’s on the front page…maybe I need to re-work the title of that section)
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*the uninvited and aggressive inquiry into a person’s life and activity and such
I’ve noticed those who are certain (not always right, but certain) do not like being questioned too closely.
old description of a scottL “Often wrong, never uncertain” (which is why people look to a scott for a leader (when scared))
“I heard that!” — that made me laugh. 🤣
(that was one of those rare moments many of us have had when, even alone, we’re proud of our response to the world)