Saturday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 3, 2026 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

New Readers: hey, seeing how the year is just starting, here’s a collection of ProTips and…and! a useful RePrint.

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel
the quickest way to identify a clark among scotts and rogers? Ask: How much is two plus two?
you cannot get/do/use the Doctrine incorrectly. (Hint: your predominant worldview will shape your correct/incorrect efforts)
a clark, a scott and a roger stand on a sidewalk, at noon, across from a popular restaurant; the immediate subjective state of each tells you everything you need to know about the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine
the Doctrine is a tool: (for) better appreciating how the other person is experiencing the world
(this) tool is for self-improving yourself, provided you have the need (ProTip Hint: although 2/3s of any group lack this particular need, your type is only about 13 percent of the general population)
the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them

Useful RePrint:

the Wakefield Doctrine: how to recognize the three personality types in the people around you

November 2, 2012

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory that is more a ‘way of looking at the world as the other person does’, thereby gaining useful insight into their damn personalities)

clarks: the Outsider. clarks can be difficult to notice, (but) easy to identify. They are everywhere, but have a form of protective coloration that is sort of like a messed up chameleon, always leaving some part of themselves ‘un-background-colorated’ (picture the lizard totally indistinguishable from the rock they are sitting on …with a bright blue head!) For today, try this:

smile at everyone, the ones who respond with a ‘smile’ that consists of compressing the lips while (slightly) raising their eyebrows… clark

if you are at work look for the person who is working (at a desk or a machine or waiting on a table), say ‘hello’ to everyone in a loud voice, the person you see who turns their head in your direction, but does not look up (or, god forbid responds with a ‘Hi!’) theres your clark

the young woman in the impeccably tailored business attire, is that a tattoo?.. a hint of purple in the coif? hello, clark

scotts: don’t worry about finding them, they’ll find you! scotts are the ‘center of attention’ that never stops moving. The scottian female will be in charge, no matter where you are today. Better yet, think to yourself, “If I yell ‘Fire’ nearly everyone will start running away, the one who is coming towards me? That’ll be the scott”. (er…this is meant to be ‘figuratively speaking’, you know? of course, the scotts reading this Post on their smartphones, have already yelled, ‘Fire!!’) lol Instead, try this:

smile at everyone, the person who smiles back but does not break eye contact first…scott

at work,as you enter the office/work area, look for the person who is already looking back at you, getting up….and coming towards you! there’s your scott

the guy behind the desk, when you start to complain about the service in the store, smiles and asks you to tell him every detail of the problem you are having…scott

rogers: sometimes mistaken for scotts, especially in an expertise-centric environment like work or school. rogersare very prominent in their domain and combined with their genius-level sociability, they will often come across as being scottian. The evidence of their rogerian personality lies in the personal-ness of their attention, they will get you to feel that they are hanging on your every word! Don’t worry about whether you will find rogers where you are¹ …if you want them to identify themselves, try this:

smile at everyone, the people that smile back but immediately look at one of the others in the room…roger!!

if you are at work, the person with the most photos and diplomas and awards on their desk or in their work area… and those photos of family and friends? the person displaying them will be in every single one of the photos lol rogers!

your doctor, the judge at the trial for your lawsuit, your accountant,the Chairwoman of your local PTA virtually anyone you think of as the ‘go to’ person when you have a problem with technology or ritual or social acceptance … rogers

Enjoy the day and let us know how you make out spotting the clarks and scotts and rogers in your life!

1) current thinking holds that rogers account for 60% of the population²

2) except following times of war or other life threatening civil disruptions, being the bulk of the membership of armies and mobs, the herd is usually decimated, but their natural charm usually restores their ‘numbers’ pretty quickly, post-reconstructionistically speaking.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 2, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A ‘Grat’ Blog(hop), the theme is gratitude in general, the sharing (the) people, places and things that have caused us (other participants and yours truly) to experience the psycho-emotional state of gratitude, specifically. The TToT lists are, by tradition, ten (10) items in length and may be gathered (and garnered) from the author’s past, present and future (real and imagined). So, not much likelihood of a lack of material, ya know?

For the Wakefield Doctrine this week, we cite:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) start of New Year, aka Holidays are over…relax!

6) speaking of Holidays. one (or two) more holidays and we can get back to simple Five-Days(in a row) Workweek! today is either Friday or Monday, right?

7) kind of a hypograt, but we’ve had very cold daytime temperatures ’round these parts of late… the good part is that the two snow events have been total powder snow… easy to shovel, don’cha know

8) something, something

9) Phyllis came up with a good line this week. The kind of bon mot that not only is funny (well, bring a smile in any event) but also quite appropriate. She say, “Since we’ve lived here, we’ve had three dogs ….and a Husky” bar rum bump.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

aiyiiee! these musicians?!?! what, are they from the secret Classical Musician Celebrity-Impersonator Guild or what?!! The cello player… seriously can’t decide on Robert Plant or Albert Lee. Then among the violins Vince Gill (with silver hair, if he doesn’t already have it) and Tony Shalhoub and Taissa Famiga from the excellent movie, ‘The Final Girls‘

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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘We resolve to eschew making reservations’

January 2, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

So we were reading the Six Sentence Stories this week and, here on the Monday of a new year, was taken by Reena’s Six. While she writes most knowledgeably on matters of business and sundry issues like ethics at the intersection of Success and Survival in the business world, her Six this week resonated with a common theme here at the Doctrine.

The Past (good god! hunh! What is it good for? lol*)

While we are reminded by the Everything Rule that all three personality types manifest ‘The Past’ differently:

clarks (the Outsider) ayiieee! Quick! What is a thing that embodies a combination of self-destructive temptation with a promise of redemption through the willingness to admit mistakes while insisting on a single version of events? lol clarks keep their Past like a grease-stained, dog-eared, over-sized issue of an out-of-date Chilton’s Repair Manual (and…and! more often than not, skim the instructions with a speed to make Evelyn Wood throw her book across the room.)
scotts (the Predator) meh… the past? they don’t need no steeken past… but, if pressed (and the scott being questioned has a sufficiently strong secondary clarklike aspect) they might allow that their skills were born and honed in the past (aka Practice). In fact, we have it on good authority from a scott, namely, Glenn who, asked if he re-read or re-watched movies he enjoyed, said. ‘Why the fuck would I do that?’ Being creatures of the present, ‘Why the fuck indeed!’
rogers (the Herd Members) ha! totally cool historical reference (not exactly Joe Pesci/Nicky Santoro in ‘Casino’ but close): “The past is prologue.” We will leave the Reader to do their own look-up.

so that should get us in the mood for a New year (or should that be a new Year?)

New Readers: the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool, specifically an additional perspective on life. The three personality types are a reflection (of one’s) relationship to the world around them and the people who make it up. So read and study and…. practice. The goal of the principles of this thing of ours is to be better able to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

*there goes our last chance at being mistaken for serious academia What the hell… Edwin! Edwins Starr! Please state our auxiliary thesis, if you please!

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- the Year 2525 in Review!

December 31, 2025 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Funny thing about time.

Consistent with the Everything Rule*, of course.

Time is experienced and therefore manifests differently for the three

clarks have a excellent sense of time as it elapses, but totally at a loss for the passage of time. (Hint: the first is kinda between now and later, the latter? pretty much mostly ‘thens’)
scotts scoff at the concept. what part of ‘here and now’ requires a stopwatch, wristwatch, Day Planner, calendar or any other mechanism for recording one’s life process. jeez what are sittin around for… let go!
rogers …funny thing, they tend to be late for appointments involving personal interaction but totally prepared for every other type of ‘Well, now that we’re all here‘ or ‘Pick up your Number 2 pencils and begin the Test….Now!

So a Year in Review post for a clark? It’s the racing around the apartment when your date knocks on the door. You’re really looking forward to this, totally accept and are comfortable with your shortcomings and messy house but ya gotta hide the evidence of the things that matter and the things that don’t!

Thanks and a shoutout to the Hostinae and Host of the TToT¹ and To the mutants what hang out at the Six Sentence Story, a simple ‘Hey, sup?’

* ‘Everyone does everything, at one time or another’. A Doctrine way of saying that a common world is shared, co-inhabited and otherwise occupied by all three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine. There is no such thing as ‘Well, that’s something only a scott would do’ or ‘Sure, but no roger would ever react or respond like that’

the important concept (also the core tenet of the Doctrine) is that behavior and style, personality and expressions are a function of the relationship a person has with the world around them and the people who make it up. we refer to that as ‘how it (person, place, event, job, hobby etc) manifests in the world of:

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

what that means, specifically, well, thats where the study and reading and, most importantly, accepting and extrapolating the core premise for your-ownself

1) Mimi, Dyanne, Kristi, Lisa, Denise, Misky, KnitCat, cai and Andrew

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 30, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

lets check recent Reader Comments!

From Mimi:

Dealing with rogers is tiring sometimes.

From Misky:

I’m doing this family thing in Colombia, and I admit that I can find it a challenge. I love my grandchildren beyond good sense and spoil them as any Nana wants to, but equally I often want to go to some corner and not hear other adults talking BS, or telling BS jokes, and I’ve discovered that I might be a Jack Russell (dog) who wants to nip at people’s ankles. Is this normal, or should I refer myself to a veterinarian?

True (and) Put that way, might not be the worst course of action.

lol

Thanks to both M(s) for the intro to a brief lecture-ette for New Readers.

The thing about getting the most from the Wakefield Doctrine comes down to two things: a) settle on/get comfortable with which is your own predominant worldview, 2) read as much as possible about other clarks, scotts and rogers and 3) have fun

Step A: there are three characteristic relationships we can maintain with the world around us; that of the Outsider (clarks), the Predator (scotts) and the Herd Member (rogers); Part 2: hey! this one is a lot trickier and far and away more difficult for most of us than what it seems on first blush… consider your thoughts, actions and feelings for the world around you and the people who make it up… No! Bad undetermined New Reader, your’s is not the only reasonable way to interact with the world. (see: three predominant worldviews, not one or twenty-six) And, to make the process a little more aggravating (for one of the three) the Wakefield Doctrine says: one predominant worldview per person. Not ‘All Three‘ not ‘A combination of the Three‘ one. and finally, 3) fun….

none of the three are better, worse, more obnoxious or clearly kinda useless. Equal.

Quick worldview Hack. Works with determining the personality type of others and….and! it works on our-ownselfs!

First throw out the ‘no-fricken’-way of the three.

Now set the remaining two side-by-each* and ‘look around’. If you have done your reading, you will have at hand a set of characteristic perspectives on the world for each of the remaining two. Think eye exam: look at something through one ‘lens’, now, the other. Which is clearer? Try something else in your environment, people, places, things, doesn’t matter. Look at one…then the other… by now you will begin to notice a better ‘focus’ or clarity or definition. Keep doing that until you are satisfied. There’s your/their predominant worldview.

You’re welcome.

*local colloquial expression

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