the Wakefield Doctrine

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

The Wakefield Doctrine is (an) additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up).

As such, it affords anyone with an inclination, interest, desire, need or ‘really?-that’s-kinda-interesting’ to approach a state of being capable of seeing the world as the other person is experiencing it. In realtime.

The elements, (of this additional perspective), are very simple: all people, all of us, experience the world to a small, but very real degree as being personal; personal, in this context, manifesting most often as: ‘wait, what?’ and ‘I thought they were my friend, why would they go and do/say a thing like that?’

This personal experience of the world, referred to as one’s predominant worldview (aka personality type), is predicated on the character of one’s relationship with the world, life and that annoying voice in the back of the mind that is never quite satisfied:

• the Outsider (clarks) what people without confidence in their own imaginations resort to calling ‘introverts’; akin to describing the ocean as ‘usually on the damp side’ clarks live in a reality that is an attractive jigsaw puzzle…with two pieces missing
• the Predator (scotts) easiest of the three to ‘wish I could go through life like them’ until, that is, you look at the rubble trailing them and the Acme bomb-fuse sputtering and attached to most of their efforts to engage in careful planning
• the Herd Members (rogers) the most difficult of the three to identify with for clarks and a source of amusement for scotts during the intervals between wrecking stuff and blowing things up

So, you grow and develop with a world reflects your relationship with it. scotts are quick and competent, rogers are a touch on the lugubrious side, but always willing to share.

Naturally, if your reality is of a certain character, you develop strategies, compensations and style of interaction to maximize you chances of surviving (or, even, thriving).

The Wakefield Doctrine says, “Hey, you have the perfect personality type.*

*for the personal reality you are experiencing.

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

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…but first… seeing how they’re both nice?good?considerate? enough to write a comment on yesterday’s post. What say we share with all you non-Commentationing folks the Comments from yesterday.

From Frank, we have:

Tuesday does seem to be the best day of the week (but I’d probably say that about the other days as well). I wonder what the word “mild” does for a scott or roger? The “nothin’ good” has got me wondering (that is, worried).

And Mimi, she writes:

Tuesday was originally supposed to be my day off. Oh, well.

Welll

To Mimi, we might say, ‘Unless one is careful to maintain the threads of interests (over time), acceptance, as manifested can become a double-edged sword.’ That is to say, we (some of us) do not mind sacrifice for the greater good, however, that is not to say the (thing being sacrificed) can be discounted by others.

To Frank, Nothing wrong with appreciating days of the week (or shirts on closet hangers or internal debates in which, while there are no winners vs losers, though it runs the risk of becoming commonplace. Mild*:

Mild goes further than gentle in expressing softness of nature; it is chiefly a word of nature or character, while gentle is chiefly a word of action. [Century Dictionary]

Two words: scotts are of action, rogers are those of distinction while being a ‘part of’ (others). So no, I don’t suspect they be embracing the mild.

* from etymonline.

ok! thanks, Mimi, Frank! Gotta get to work on the Six Sentence Story posts.

be there or be square!