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July 17, 2026 By clarkscottroger Leave a Comment

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

We’ll open the floor for questions.

ok. while you’re all organizing your thoughts (lol and the scotts and the rogers will fidget and scowl) what say we riff off of Frank‘s Comment

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?

One of? lol in one of our earliest Doctrine ‘How-It-Works posts we refer to them (other personality theories) as mirror-shaped clubs.

hokey smoke! we found (one of the posts) using that analaphor or smili-face… check it out

“You see, you start out with a little bit of oil. Then you fry some garlic.” the Wakefield Doctrine (…a personality theory for all sorts of people and situations)

December 9, 2013

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

“Hey, come over here, kid, learn something. You never know, you might have to understand the behavior of 20 people someday.”

No, I don’t think it odd that I am starting today’s Post with a quote from a famous movie. (If you know, without googling, what movie these lines are from, I will send you an official Wakefield Doctrine docTee!*) Most of the Posts that we write start with some totally random item from the world, however this is entirely appropriate, given the nature of the Wakefield Doctrine as a personality theory.

You know that the Doctrine is not really a personality theory, right? We have not (yet) delved into the matter of how we come to settle on one (of the three worldviews) as our predominant worldview. We don’t know why some of us have significant secondary and tertiary aspects and some are simply clarks… or scotts or rogers. We don’t even know what influences in the family structure are important! Birth order is kind of intriguing, but the worldview of the parents have little bearing on who goes to which worldview and, while evidence exists that is highly suggestive of a component of childhood trauma (of any type) as ’cause’ of one worldview being selected over the other, there is nothing anywhere near definitive. So what do we know?

Well, for starters we know that:

we all find our predominant worldview and we adapt to the nature of that world. as Outsiders, clarks become creative, learn to camouflage ourselves among the ‘normal’ children and set out to leave no information un-examined…in the hopes of learning to become ‘part of’; finding themselves in the world of the Predator, scotts do what comes naturally, run and play and search out their environment, they are the first to go into the abandoned building, first to kiss a boy and are comfortable in the principle’s office because they cannot walk away from a fight and finally, …the majority of children (between the ages of 1 and 4) look around and know that they belong, they are Herd members. not an easy gig by any stretch of the imagination. just as with any member of a team or a family or a congregation, they discover that there are Rules and not only must they be followed, they must be shown to others and that, for the rogers, the good of the many must be imposed on the few

while we all are predominately one (of the three personality types), we all have the potential of the other two. for reasons not yet fully understood, some clarks seem to come out of their shells at times, not at the behest of others, not because they want to, usually because there is a need to; scotts will often express a significant secondary aspect by demonstrating compassion to their prey, much to the confusion (of their prey) and chagrin to themselves, but they will ultimately over-come this by dispatching their victim or marrying them or setting out to right the injustices around them and rogers…poor rogers! a significant secondary aspect (of either sort) means nothing but dissatisfaction and dismay. they are in a world that should be ‘ordered and defined’, a world in which every one knows their place and worse, far worse, is that rogers (with a significant secondary aspect) have the misfortune to be able to see the sides of the box that is their perfect world

if you learn the principles of the Doctrine and the characteristics of the three worldviews and (if you) correctly infer the worldview of the other person, you will be in a position to know more about them than they know about themselves

if you practice inferring the worldview of the people around you, you will not only know why they behave the way that they do, but you will know what they will do, how they will respond to a situation or event that has not yet happened

if you have the desire, the Wakefield Doctrine offers a tool for changing that part, that aspect, those habits that you have always wanted to change but have either had no luck doing so or, far worse, you have succeeded at changing only to discover that you have somehow slid back to where you managed to move yourself away from

the Doctrine is fun…there are other people like you here, the cool thing is that you don’t have to risk guessing wrong who will ‘get you’

That’s enough for a Monday morning. Just remember this, the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them. Unlike most of the personality quizzes and tests and free samples you see in magazines and on the internet, the Doctrine is not a mirror-shaped club. No matter how certain you are that the other person would benefit from this, it just doesn’t work that way.

..still a lot of fun, tho

(… man! the sun refuses to come out! only one thing to do, listen to this):

* some restriction apply. the Wakefield Doctrine docTee will be a roger and proof of a rogerian worldview required. Some substation permitted, spouse or children allowable…with the predominance of rogers comprising the human race, how hard can that be?

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Whenzdae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 15, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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, 2012

Welcome 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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2zd8 -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Frank has, as Readers often do, provided us with launching point for today’s post in the form of his Comment on yesterday’s.

I was trying to decide which of these personality types is the best, but I am glad to find out that “We all have (the) perfect personality type.” The one I have is perfect.

Someone’s been doing their reading! lol

As stated, ad astra, the Wakefield Doctrine holds that we, all of us, settle into one (of three) characteristic relationships with the world around us. We then proceed to grow up and mature. And, in doing so, develop those social strategies, perceptual biases, habitual preferences and stubborn resistances. aka we develop a personality in response to the reality in which we live.

To use ourself as example: we found ourselves in a (personal) reality that seemed to have a slight (just a little, not all the time, just occasionally), tendency to blindspot us. Nothing weird or crazy just that clearly to our very young eyes (and ancient soul) we were overlooked at times. Comparing our estimation of our role/status in the family unit, there clearly was a touch missing in the quality of our belonging-ness. It became obvious that most everyone in our single-digit-life experience knew something we did not. Not for nothin’ we were already being told that we lived, at least part of the time, in a world of our own, a ‘dream world’ according to parents and teachers and such. The only honest conclusion to a four or five year old was that we missed a class in ‘Being a Part of’ Not good. Naturally we began looking for the missing information.

For a person living in the world of the Outsider (clarks) that is a decent description of a perfect personality… (again with the ellipsisesses!!) given the conditions we found ourselfs in.

ProTip: if you already know your (Wakefield Doctrine) personality type, you can go back in your memory and see how your personal choices were geared and set to maximize your efforts to thrive and grow. (Unless you’re a roger. In which case nothing you ‘remember’ coincides with our little explanation. oh well, what’re ya gonna do? There’s always Briggs,Stratton, Oscar & Myers ERBW f system of personality types! lol)

Dovetailing perfectly with yesterday’s closing ellipsis

Which is not a bad thing provided you want to be able to…

increase your ability to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

ok running out of time… Tuesday tend towards that

fine, nothing gigantically original in this:: our ambition/the Doctrine’s Mission Statement/walk a mile in another’s moccasins

we would submit that this sentiment, that of holding identification (with another) as the next level of the classic: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’

this because one is transaction, the other is not.

Tomorrow!! More of this what’s the good of considering the other person if there ain’t nothin in it for us?

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 13, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Lets review:

The Wakefield Doctrine is an alternative perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. This perspective consists of three distinct, (but somehow interrelated), relationships one maintains with their daily, personal reality. While everyone is born with these three as potential(s), at a very early age, one, (and only one), becomes dominant. We then, as tiny babies, begin the process of learning, developing, practicing the wide range of persistent social strategies (aka personalities) for surviving, (and hopefully, thriving), in the world as we are experiencing it. Which insight convinces us of the following provocative statement.

We all have (the) perfect personality type.

The three ‘personality types’ of the Wakefield Doctrine are:

clarks (the Outsider)
scotts (the Predator)
rogers (the Herd Member)

Each of these three reflect a different relationship with reality, (and the world and people and such). None of the three (personality types) are bad. None of the three are better than. (As one non-specified of the three, you might consider the three as a continuum. As another of the three you’d seize on that notion as an opportunity to argue about the overall validity of our little personality theory.)

Here is the most useful apophthegm*:

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

*yeah, you could, if you learned the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to a comprehensive enough degree, divine which of the three personality types would be inclined to use that fairly obscure word for ‘short, pithy saying’ But then, you’d be wrong.¹

clarks are crazy, scotts are stupid and rogers are dumb

because of ‘the Everything Rule’ which is not a ‘Get out of ‘no!-wait!-what-I-meant-was-I-really-do-understand’ card. It is, rather, a reminder to refocus on the effects of the character of one’s relationship to the people. places and things that make up ‘the world’.

So learn the character of each of the three relationships. Become so familiar with the manner in which the everyday presents itself to the three predominant worldviews of the Doctrine (aka becomes fluent) and you will know more about the other person (your spouse, your friend, the girl at the convenience store…whoever) than they know about themselves.

Which is not a bad thing provided you want to be able to…

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger 10 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s weekly contribution to Lizzi R’s legacy bloghop, the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT). Created by our founderess in 1885. The less said, the better.

Anywho… we have a bloghop, of a genre oft-referred to as a gratitude blog (or Grat Blog) in which Readers and Writers are invited to share a list of Ten Things (or people, or places, or, of course, events) that have elicited the state of Gratitude or appreciation thereof such a condition.

For the Doctrine this week, our list:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the non-snow-infested time of the year often referred to as Summer

5) completion of the first major landscaping project of the year;

Before

After

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) the utube for remaining a place to find most enjoyable channels for those moment between sweaty and sleeping (GP reference, if you please)… this week we stumbled across the channel: exurb1a. To check real quick if you’re checking this out would then be a Grat for your own list, here’s a link to a fun vid on the site:

8) our favorite prehistoric plant form (thistle)