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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 14, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

Lets get started.

The narrative of this post, while veering in theme, execution and style like a Dodge Coronet full of teenagers on a back country road during their first ‘the-parent’s-first-weekend-away… in other words, hurry-up lets see where that road leads.

The Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. It proposes that there are three personality types:

clarks who maintain the relationship exemplified by the psycho-social term: Outsider. Not introvert, not really shy… just cautious. You know, refuse definition and you can never fail.
scotts the most natural of the three, think Predator. Without the connotations of confidence without reflection, aggressiveness minus accountability and sheer exuberance for life. (ok. may a little of those three)
rogers the foundation of society, culture and human advancement courtesy of being a Member of the Herd. Without the majority of humans falling into this category and it’s innate drive to analyze, quantify and organize, our cars would be of a certain quality, (as Johnny Bond might describe) ‘The brakes are good, the tires fair” and our libraries’ checkout desk would be automated to the point of total anonymity .

Anyway. This is the core of the Wakefield Doctrine. Three personality types. …because there are three ways to relate to the world that we, as very young children discover as we develop our social style and strategies. We never lose the potential of ‘the other two’ they can have an influence.

The thing of the Doctrine is, if we grow up in a certain personal reality, (the aforementioned character-of-relationship), then we all have the best personality type! (You knew there was going to be at very least a ‘but’ and in this case, also an ellipses) …given the character of the world we experience.

Damn! Running out to time!

What we started out with was: Hey! I remember that book series (the All About Books)! That said, if you read even one more post on the three personality types and can’t identify which of the three (clarks, scotts and rogers) treasured the concept of this YA series, then… maybe we could interest you in a website such as: ‘www.Guns ‘n Dames’ or ‘http.Fly-Fishing for the Modern Man’

…wait. just.a. minute!

This: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender, age and culture neutral. The system applies to human beings, (and, sometimes, to dogs), but there is no distinction, qualifier, modification of the three types based on any further description.

The insights and advantages afforded one who learns the principles to a sufficient degree (what we refer to as ‘fluency’) are not mirror shaped clubs, with which to assault friends and loved ones, (‘Honey? Come take this test, they have you down to a ‘T’“)

The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

Well, that gives us plenty of loose ends and trailing narrative to jump-start the next six posts.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 13, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

pheww!

Just spent a minute (or twenty-seven), browsing old Posts. Random-like, but a tendency to the olden ones.

This time of reflection, ( or, perhaps, semi-infinite regression), is helpful when we’re staring at a blank post. Sorta like an orchestra tuning up.

New Readers? Those of you put off by the imagery of that metaphor, (or allegory…never have gotten the distinction too clear), i.e. orchestras? We are aware that orchestrae are a collection of people playing instruments, whereas this post is a single person, albeit 3rd person plural.

What can we tell ya? The primary quality of those who come here and not immediately leave is a certain intellectual/spiritual confidence. And sense of fun. After all, at the heart of the Wakefield Doctrine is the willingness to allow ‘what-ifs’ to step up and offer insight, new information and/or a sense of how others experience the world.

Where were we?

Hey! You might notice a slight change to the landing page.

In the bottom-center, right underneath the ‘ In a Hurry? …over here, answer these Questions (yeah, like a personality test)‘ box is a new one: ‘Benefits of the Wakefield Doctrine: Flash Fiction, Six Sentence Story(s) and the Unicorn Challenge.’

Shoutout to Denise and Mimi for their support and suggestions for this…

No, now that you mention it, we actually cannot remember the last time there was a change to the layout of the homepage of the Doctrine.

cool.

Still the Wakefield Doctrine.

Still trying to find the words that will form ‘the perfect Wakefield Doctrine post’.*

…out of time.

Pop Quiz: which is the scott in the photo at the top of this post?

* glad someone asked! The perfect Wakefield Doctrine post is one that, upon being read by a first time visitor to this blog, imparts an understanding of the principles of this here personality theory here sufficient to allow them to see the clarks, scotts and rogers in their world. That day.**

** Warning! Warning! As a New Reader you are entitled to know that, based on anecdotal information (over the past fifteen years), once you begin to see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world, you may find it impossible to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world.

Filed Under: Featured, Psychology, the Wakefield Doctrine Tagged With: psychology of personality, relationships, self-development, the Wakefield Doctrine

TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 11, 2025 By clarkscottroger 8 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weakly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Founded in 1978 by Lizzi R, this ‘hop has provided safe haven, nurturing encouragement to an unsuspecting Readership each and every week. Visitors are treated to an array of finely crafted Lists that focus on the experience of the authors in the previous week that have involved people. places and things inspiring a psycho-emotional state of gratitude. And, of course, posts from the Wakefield Doctrine.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine Long grat this week (see Grat #8)

4) gainful(ish) employment… well, technically, self-employment, i.e. real estate sales and marketing. It permits (and, kinda requires) certain activity ever week. Past lists have featured photos of the properties currently in inventory. This week will be no exception.

5) a lack of snow (no hubris in that statement… simple gratitude for weather conditions), that said, while seasonable cold, the ground is frozen, but visible. grat!

6) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop. Feature: ‘La Machine‘. by Violet Lentz

8) ok Reader Advisory: the fact that you don’t have to be a clark to read, enjoy and otherwise participate Doctrine posts notwithstanding, here’s a quick little Grat that is right on the edge of acceptable coherency in writing, you know what we mean, esai?* In any event, the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool for self-improving oneself. Especially, if not ‘only’, for clarks. The reason is, it appears that a necessary precursor to growing and development involves the emotional aspect (of being a person). In clarks, there is a relatively high level of ‘hands off that shit’, at least when it comes to us dealing with…well, ourselves. Short story extended: had an encounter this weekend with an online friend that resulted in a better sense not only of ourselfs, but our capacity to interact with the world around us (and the people who makes it up). All due to time spent with this here personality theory here. For the non-predominant clarklike Readers: a reaction to something that in pre-Doctrine days could have been negative, became a positive(ish) lol process. Nothing remarkable, nothing that ‘real’ people don’t encounter and develop in… like childhood days. But, speaking only for ourselves, clark here. lol Thanks! unidentified person in non-comprehensible interaction!

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (A clarklike twist to a very rogerian view of clubs, groups, gatherings and common effort, aka ‘the Herd’. Unfortunately, the innate (and near-uncontrollable drive to subversion in clarks pretty much negates any of the natural attractiveness that our Herd Member (rogerian) brethren have in copious amount. oh well.)

* ha ha a little rhetoric joke

music vids

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Lieday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 10, 2025 By clarkscottroger 14 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Unicorn Challenge bloghop.

Hosted by jenne and ceayr we are invited to find a story using an image provided each week. The only rule: no more than 250 words are to be used.

“They built it themselves?”

“Yes.”

“The 16th Century. Must of cost a fortune. I’m surprised the Church had the resources.”

“Well, you know, the organizational structure by then gotten pretty robust.”

“Seriously. Was what I’ve heard true, that the first iteration was dedicated to…”

“Don’t go there…”

“Santa Claus?? God! For reals? You are one twisted deity.”

“You should talk.”

“Anyway, I won’t bother asking where the money came from to fund this thing.”

“Ha ha.”

“How long did it take to build?”

“Which time?”

“What?” Sometimes I gotta say, I’m appalled. Your neediness astounds me.”

“Hey, not fair! I gave them Free Will. I didn’t say, Enslave yourself to a Church.”

“err… ‘on this Rock’ ring any bells?”

“Yeah, but that was just to get the ball rolling.’

“Gotta hand it to you, you make it too easy.”

“What?”

“Generations of lives, right? An unholy percentage of what little they can earn scratching a living from the earth, handed over every Sunday.”

“They wanted to… The art work alone is fricken’ priceless.”

“To show their love?”

“You gotta better reason? Hell, they were barely getting by living a step above the rest of the livestock I Created. ‘Man 1.0′ had a pretty sweet deal. That is, ’til you came along.”

“But, man! Literal centuries of human effort to build …and rebuild! a structure with one and only one primary use.”

“You planning to make a point any time soon, Morningstar?”

“Dude! And they call me the Great Deceiver?”

Filed Under: Fashion Center, Psychology, the Wakefield Doctrine Tagged With: predicting human behavior, the Wakefield Doctrine, Understanding Human Behavior

Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [a Café Six]

January 9, 2025 By clarkscottroger 18 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise it is governed by a single rule: all stories must be exactly six sentence in length.

Prompt word:

MACHINE

“You know what this joint needs?”

It was late morning on the first Tuesday of the New Year and the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro was as empty as an upside-down pail.

Seeing the woman sitting at the end of the long bar, the tall, thin man shielded his eyes from an imaginary light-source and called-out in an exaggerated aside, hand in front of his mouth, palm outwards, “Mimi, you’re not gonna leave a brother hangin’ metaphorically-….”

“Cher, surely you don’t mean, ‘dialogue-istically speaking’, were you to, you’d end up as tangled in the alliterative underbrush as an ole gator what chased un cocodrie in his leaky pirogue,” the diminutive woman laughed with a natural kindness that defied mockery.

“Sorry, I thought the Café fiction machine was on the fritz again, please do not let me disturb your reflection, I just…” the well-dressed Proprietor had a look of chagrin even as he lit another of his favorite brands of cigarette, Player’s Navy Cut; seeing the look in the woman’s eyes, he hastily added, “No, I gave up years ago, but I have a Reader who, though no longer a smoker herself, enjoys their fictional representation,” his smile served as convivial punctuation.

The laughter from the bar reminded the tall, thin man of how, in a fictional reality, things really do work out for the best, even as the peaceful impromptu moment was interrupted by the Bartender bursting through the kitchen’s double swinging door.