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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 5, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

Simplest, (arguably most useful), result of adopting the perspective the Wakefield Doctrine? In terms of the events of the day to come, (vis á vis our interaction with the world around us and the people who make it up.)

There are three realities possible for all of us. Therefore how others act (and react) is made understandable in one of these three predominant worldviews.

It’s Monday morning!!

clarks (the Outsider) “Oh well, even the most determined wish for an alternative more/less advantageous outcome to our efforts today, to learn the thing that everyone else seems to know, it’s best to get out there and keep tryin'”
scotts (the Predator) “Allll right!! Night survived… quiet now, catch ’em by surprise!”
rogers (the Herd Member) “Ah… a day of opportunity, a time to hone our understanding and spread the word about the Right Way”

there ya go.

Encounter an obstacle later this morning? Try on the three views-of-the-world above. One of them will tell you how the other person, (the obstacle), is experiencing your world (at that) moment. Use the insight wisely.

There is not a situation possible that, seeing through the eyes of another, cannot be improved with the slightest of effort.

Full Disclosure: By ‘slightest of efforts’ we mean really, really, no, seriously, really difficult, to actually do. And the reason? That’s gonna aggravate some Readers, makes others laugh and, unless they move on to something more familiar, piss off others. The key to this effort is to accept that there is more to the world than what you know.

But, the Doctrine is fun, too! Find a roger (or a scott or a clark) in your life today and, if you’ve done enough reading to know the characteristics of the three, you will find yourself thinking, “Hey This is a set up! They must’ve read that Doctrine thing.”

WARNING: If you can recognize the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world? There’s a very good chance you will become unable to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your life. lol

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 4, 2025 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Following is a list of the people, places, things and events that caused, suggested, inspired and otherwise contributed to an experience of feeling gratitude.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Unicorn Challenge

5) lots of yard (and a variety in the ecosystem) to suggest projects to enhance the pleasurable interaction

6) guest video

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) warmification (perceived temperature outdoors beginning to establish a ‘Not too fricken’ cold’ experience) and finish this clean-up:

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (New Readers: You know you want to ask. Go ahead! Ask away.)

music vid

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 29, 2025 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

As often happens, a Reader will write a Comment that is, like, a total essay question (minus the stomach-wrenching anxiety, of course).

Today we thank Misky for, what’s the technical phrase in rhetoric? Teeing one up

…(I assume I’m permitted 2): Do Scotts get on with other Scotts, or do we try killing each other in the sandbox?

Good Question.

Answer in three words: pack ranking and hunting grounds.

lol

New Readers! the most helpful insight into learning this here personality theory here is contained in, ‘the Everything Rule’. Simply put, ‘everyone does everything, at one time or another’. Less simply: there is nothing in the common shared-reality experience that is exclusive to one or another of the three predominant worldviews. Least simple: the experience of (this) manifestation is shaped by the observed but interpreted by the observer.

ProTip: the manner/style/nature of the manifestation of anything is a reflection of the character of the individual’s (personal) reality. Knowing one totally helps in anticipating the other. …and vice versa.

Now back to the question. scotts do not try to kill one and other, in or out of the sandbox. Of the three social/behavioral metaphors deployed by the Wakefield Doctrine, the interactions among scotts (Predator) is the simplest to understand.

Essential to the social experience of a scott is ranking. We’re all familiar with this concept among most animals that manifest social order as a pack. Wolves and dogs are the most accessible (and fun) to cite.

Interesting thing about ranking: it’s a process not an award or station or office or any other static thing. It is an on-going dynamic among scotts.

Critical thing about ranking: placement in the ranking order is not personal nor is it a judgement of the individual. We once asked our friend, Bernadine about this. Being a clark our question took the form: “When you find out that among other contemporary scotts not alpha, is it hard to accept?” She laughed her most excellent laugh and said, “No! Of course not! Ranking is about order in the pack, not a judgement of the person.”

Also, the process is elemental to the social paradigm. It is ongoing. There is nothing about killing or damaging the other person. It’s actually not overly personal. It is, however, essential to a scott to know where they stand among their people.

This also provides us with a way we can detect a scott in a social gathering.

(Lets answer Misky’s implied question: Outside of the hypothetical gathering of scotts, how do they behave when encountering clarks and rogers)

You ever attend a social function, a say party or a mixer or a break in the schedule of a convention or, even a family reunion/picnic and see the person that is moving from group to group? (Better to say, they move about the social environment and cause others to gather around them.) There’s your scott.

In any/every situation, the first thing a scott does is engage in ranking. Not only with other scotts. Everyone. Now, unlike our photo at the top of the post, violent behavior, ritual or otherwise, is not the key. The point is to establish dominance/submissiveness. So a scott will engage everyone and push them on the shoulder. Usually figuratively, though not necessarily.

What is important is to find out if the other person pushes back or not.

…running out of time, real quick: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender neutral.

Sure, a scottian female may choose not to physically push the other person on the shoulder. (Speaking as a native of Y Chromia, we can hope. lol.

However they (scottian females) will, nevertheless, challenge all others at our hypothetical gathering. They will establish their ranking. For the moment.

Multiple scotts (at a gathering)? They will divide the territory. They will almost always hunt alone.

Hope this helps!

Remind us to address the question: “ok, that makes sense. What about clarks and rogers? How does competition manifest with (and between) Outsiders and Herd Members? What about that?

Lets get a scott out here for a closing tune:

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 28, 2025 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

lets start with this rather old and therefore energetic Doctrine post. (When we’re young, as mr. cummings might say, … damn! sorry, got caught up in the ‘reading-about-learning-other-things, and such… the RePrint can stand, but we will indulge in a paste from a ee cummings pome):

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

forgive any presumptuous, pretentious vibe… (beauty part of the perspective offered by the Wakefield Doctrine? clarks among the Readers will understand, the other two, well, they’re are on their own.

ProTip: the inference of the final two or three phrases of the last sentence(ette) is huge for clarks. New Reader (clarks) don’t worry about recognizing it nor, (especially) regret auto-amnesia of it’s truth. Nothing can eliminate the changes you acquire. The best the world can do is convince you the labels are missing.

Now! Lets see how this RePrint works with the today’s Doctrine message, lol

3 personality types add up to one darn good theory

April 20, 2011

3 personality types, you already know all about them.
The theory, the Wakefield Doctrine, well you surely know about that… so why make such a fuss about it?

The internet is nothing if it is not over-loaded with personality theories and secrets of the psyche and how-to-understand he/she/them schema!
So why should you spend any time here, reading about this theory? I could say something meant to be amusing like, ‘we have music videos’ or ‘ look at the clever photos and intriguing Post Titles’! or even ‘but we have hats (for your damn head)’. But to be serious, these are not sufficient reasons to stay and browse through a blogsite; well, maybe the hat (for your damn head), that might be intriguing enough. But, no, really…The reason is this thing just makes sense in a way that nothing else out there does. Personality blogs that have tests and talks about traits ‘n interests are a dime a dozen. They all talk about our personalities in terms that are totally generic ( “…you will know the Ocean because it’s color is a shade of blue! …except, that is, times when it is more a blue-green…make that grayish…”). We have all seen those sites. The thing of it is, if you are still reading this, you are one of the fortunate people in that you have intelligence and curiosity. You could be somewhere else, looking at pictures or listening to a music video but you are reading about something that seems interesting.The reason the Wakefield Doctrine is different and better than anything else out there is that it holds togetherbetter than other personality theory (real or recreational).…holds together..??! I mean:rogers are people who perceive the world as being quantifiable and with the social perspective of a member of a herd:

they are very sociable but only in a group-setting, they would never go travelling on their own, seeing new locales, (if they have a choice)

in the work environment, they will be part of ‘the network’ the ‘water cooler’ crowd

rules and regulations, which are inherently meant to apply to the group( as opposed to the individual) are bread and butter to the roger

aggression towards another is based on getting the group to disapprove of the (target) individual, “everyone knows that jimmy is such an asshole…”

a victimized roger will react to adversity by portraying themselves as a victim and will immediately look to the group for support

since rogers see the world from the perspective of the herd, they will also be driven to preserve anything that is held in common by the group, traditions, customs, habits

scotts are people who view the world as a place of predator/prey (they be the predator) think about dogs for this one:

sociable, but from a perspective of themselves to the group, not part of the group

the world is a simple place for scotts therefore their emotional life is simple; anger, lust, joy quick to start, quick to stop

they are aggressive without being mean, they are friendly without being personable

scotts act without excessive introspection, so are thought to be certain which in turn makes them leaders (for rogers)

clarks are, in a sense, the opposite of scotts

where scotts live through action, clarks (try) to live in reflection

the geek that appears clueless is often a clark and they are not stupid, they are simply distracted

being creative, clarks often are seen as the outcasts, this is as much the herd rejecting them as it is not being able to blend in

Well, I hope that cleared things up! Clearly you have before you a tool of value and as is the case with most tools, practice is required before it can be used effectively.

So read, Comment and drop us a live (0r a line, hey I’m a fricken clark details are not always us)…or hey, here’s an idea! Next Saturday Evening pick up your phone and call us (the number is in the upper right hand corner). You clarks, you think we believe that you will be busy? hey roger! yeah we know how important your schedule is but consider this: if you believe any of this Doctrine stuff, then we have the herd-member Prime, the Progenitor roger and you know you want a shot at him…scotts?? sorry, Saturday is a time in the future and we know how you people hate the I-can’t-see-it-touch-it-eat-it things…so maybe not

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TT0T -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 26, 2025 By clarkscottroger 12 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A bloghop without peer. An exercise in self-developing one’s sense of balance. Enhancing our capacity for interacting with the world around us (and the people who make it up) with grace and strength.

For the Doctrine, following is a list of the people, places and things that that have made us glad we bothered to go to the gym.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop

6) Snake on a Lawn:

7) yard project

8) got through the monthly creation of the linkz code for the TToT. The one daunting task incumbent on us as the current Host. God’s nose that with a key-mistroke, we could all end up being grateful as the Franco-Prussian War rages, the destruction ensuing from the Battle-of-GravyTrain reminding us ‘there’s no place like home’.