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Monday-Reprint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 1, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

The earliest August 1st post, from 2010

(We’d do a brief review of Doctrine highlights that were discussed in the course of the weekend, but you’ve already read them. …wait, one from Saturday, to a clark in the very early stages of contagion: “Be careful if you decide to tell your rogerian friend/spouse/co-worker about this thing of ours. Under no circumstance tell them when there are more than the two of you in the room. Further, even if you’re alone with the roger in question, do not exhibit too much un-alloyed enthusiasm. Under no circumstance open with, “There’s this personality thing, it incredibly cool and insightful and true about everyone!”)

(Follow-up to previous secret advice. You’ve succeeded in describing the Doctrine to your friend. Being a clark you’re already extrapolating the principles and seeing things in a whole new, totally fun way. Of course you suspect your friend of being a roger. If you get too ‘ain’t this fun?’ expect to have them return and say, “Sorry, I studied that blog and read all the principles and I get it. It’s pretty interesting. The only problem is that it doesn’t work. I’m either a fourth type, combination of the three and something else or I’m one of the three sometimes and the other two other times.“)

(Smile to your rogerian friend and know that there are clarks out there who you might carefully encounter and eventually, with luck, aim in the direction of this thing. They’ll take it from there. And, for being an Outsider, that will be kinda make all this well worth the effort .)

Reprint 2010

you would think this would get easier, but nooo

August 1, 2010

‘ello.
Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers).
If you are new to our site, the “About” is probably the best place to start. If you are still reading after that, you possess the qualities that mean you will no doubt enjoy the Posts. There is no “order” to the Posts other than chronological and mood swings, but you would get that pretty much right away. The Archives pull-down is a useful way to get a sense of what we are trying to do here.
And don’t ignore the “Pages” in the Table of Contents! These are parts of the blog that have not received much attention from us in a while, were originaly intended to be the ‘reference resource’ for the whole thing, but all the effort seems to have gone into these Posts. Whatever. The information, in the form of definition and examples of the three types of personality, is all to be found in the Pages. Includes pictures of clarks, scotts and rogers.The Wakefield Doctrine is a unique, fun and productive way to look at the behavior of others, with this “Doctrine” or “theory” you will finally understand why the people in your life behave the way that they do. (This pre-supposes that you do not know why they behave the way that they do and, further, pre-pre-supposes that you feel the need to understand why they behave the way that they do.) All of the stuff in the parentheses here, if applicable, makes you a clark. If you neither care about understanding or just skimmed over this whole section, then you are a rogeror a scott “respectively”.Otherwise, the people who come here to read, appear to like the videos (music and otherwise) and also enjoy reading about the lives of the students at Millard Fillmore High. You will also see reference to those we call, Friends of the Doctrine, blog writers extraordinaires.
Finally, there will be Comments, following interesting Posts that offer insight into the Doctrine as well as offering helpful perspectives on the whole thing.
Sometimes.(We also try to do a Lesson of the Day which is an illustration or application of the Doctrine that helps the Reader see the clarks, scotts and rogers in their own lives.)Well then, that should bring you up to speed. The rest you will catch on to long before you get bored and leave.
Hat! Damn! Almost forgot to tell you about the hats (for your damn head). We have Wakefield Doctrine hats (see the Fashion Center ) they are wonderful and (sometimes) we just give them away. Most of the DownSprings have hats (for their damn heads) as do most Friends of the Doctrine. I recommend you write a Comment and ask for one. We probably would mail one to you for almost no cost.*

So read, listen and watch the videos and write us a Comment. Most likely we will print the Comment.

This being Sunday (in our location, not necessarily our Marshall Island friends…) Let’s close with some Sunday music…as regular Readers know, we huge fans of modern gospel in general and Fred Hammond in particular…

Oh, yeah! Lesson of the Day…damn near forgot…not so much a lesson as a Test. (alright a Quiz)… (if you insist, a quizlet…but a tough question)…

You just watched Fred…is Fred a clark, scott or roger? Tell us and you must support your answer…(you could guess and 1/3 of the time you would be right…sort of ….) but you must give your reason, support your answer…this is ‘open book’, so go look at a bunch of Fred vids…the answer is there.

The reward for a correct answer? A hat (for your damn head) of course! But seeing that this is such a tough question, this little contestlet is open to Progenitors and DownSprings…

* there is a cost…did you really think it would be totally free? jeez what are you, a frickin clark?…anyway the “cost” of the “free” hats (for your “damn” heads) is that when you receive said hat you must take a photo of the hat in front of an identifiable landmark; proof of the hat being in whatever part of the world it was mailed to…(for the clarks)…a head underneath said hat is totally optional. We really only care about where in the world the hat is…the supporting “human”, not so much.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 16, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to Lizzi’s Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop, now entering it’s twenty-third year in the ‘sphere. Once a week, we stop and reflect on the people, places and things that’ve startled us into a state, (however transitory it might be), of gratitude.

1) Una (enjoying a Friday walk in July)

2) Phyllis (taking a photo of Una enjoying a Friday walk in July)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) serial stories ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘, ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ and ‘Tales from the Six Sentence Café & Bistro‘

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) work Here’s a video of a property we’re overseeing the renovation of; the pace of work is fairly slow, remind us to update this when we have something interesting to show.

7) This year’s Triffid garden. Caption (in Homer Simpson voice-over: “mmmm sunflowersss”)

8) something, something

9) Hey! Quick show of hands. Wakefield Doctrine tee shirts? Anyone? (from our 2014 collection:)

Friend of the Doctrine Cyndi Calhoun stylin’ in a Doctrine approved DocTee

10) Secret Rule 1.3 “…’cause surely the most enjoyable Rules are the Secret Rules.”

music

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The Six Sentence Project -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 13, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

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

Hosted by Denise

This week: ayyiieee if idle minds are the devil’s workshop then this Post has got to be considered the back seat of Cthulhu’s ’57 Chevy on a Satyrday night cruise for hootch and babes. Make that the last third of the portion of that night that the car was rolling.

The prompt word:

EXCHANGE

https://youtube.com/shorts/PLIhB4j7e70

Forgive the uncontrollable loop. the other vids are totally random from somewhere

We will fix.

“Cut me! Nick Cut me… ” (thumbnail photo…lol)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 10, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful(TToT) bloghop. Created in 1998, the premise is encourage bloggers to create a list of the people, places and things that elicit the state of gratitude, however briefly or otherwise transitory in nature. The quality of writing is exemplary in the talent and technique out there. And because whatever better way there is to appreciate the sublime than the rhetorical equivalent of the classic pie fight, our hostina, Dyanne graciously looks the other way each week when, like a paper boy on speed mistakes water balloons for newspapers (it could happen) and we speed by each week end to deliver our own TToT.

So, for us, here’s a quick ‘oT, seeing how it’s already Sunday out there!^{Grat #9}

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) hey, Mimi’s Six this week was ‘a Café Six‘ What with her writing a post ever day and whatnot, we relish the chance to read of her adventures as a Proprietor of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro, ya know?

5) serial stories: the Whitechapel Interlude, the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf and Tales from the Six Sentence Café & Bistro

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) Friday Night Walks

8) something, something

9) That Wakefield Doctrine up there, at Number Three? How good, how insightful a thing it is! How could you possibly know that much about a person?!! Well that tiny, little phrase “…it’s already Sunday out there.” Is an example. Lets do a quick reprint: “…it’s already Sunday out there.” Armed with the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine, those two italicized words would have you thinking, “Hmm, thinking we gots ourselfs a clark here… lets keep watching and listening.” And, it’s true. You will find, among the two thousand plus posts here, more than one description of the world, from the perspective of the personality type referred to as ‘the Outsider’ better known as a clark, and how they relate themselves to the world around them to wit: the individual is ‘here’ and the world is ‘out there’, as in, apart from.

yeah, the Doctrine lets you know way more about the other person than you have any right to know. And …and! you’ll become a better listener! lol

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (from the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules)… don’t be shy ’bout askin!

music

https://youtu.be/XXFc4zL-Awg

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RePrint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 27, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

“…unfortunately this was taken on a Friday and so will not be useful for today’s Post”

The Wakefield Doctrine is a tool, an additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. If employed, one is benefitted in two distinct ways: a) by seeing the situation (person/place/thing) differently (as is the case with most alternate perspectives, the difference can be great or it can be small) and, perhaps add to one’s experience and 2) to be reminded that there is more than one perspective on life, which in and of itself is empowering by the implied acknowledgement that our personal realities and the personal realities of others are congruent. Except where they are not.

One way to think of the goal of the Wakefield Doctrine is: to aid in the ongoing process of self-improving ourselfs by appreciating the world as the other person is experiencing it. (And, in doing so, improve our acceptance and appreciation of how we relate ourselves to the world around us.)

Here’s a post (title: Capital Letter-less Monday, its more fun you might think. ?%#? from June 2013)

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

hey, you know how we say that one of the primary values of the Wakefield Doctrine lies in it providing a certain perspective on behavior that, when applied to our own lives, proves to be a unique tool for self-development?

well, we do.
the important thing is this: in order to effectively use the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool for self-improvement and/or self-development it’s necessary to understand the nature of the three worldviews.

new readers! dig this: we are all born with the innate capacity to experience the world in one of three ways, or worldviews (aka personal realities): the world/life as an Outsider (clarks), living and developing as one must to survive and flourish in the reality of the Predator (scotts) and experiencing the world as a member of a Herd (rogers). you with us? fine. we all ‘pick’ a worldview and grow up and develop our personalities in response to the particular challenges and advantages found in these realities. the thing is, we retain the potential to see the world as ‘the other two’ do. for example, I’m a clark, predominant worldview is that of the Outsider which means the world around me today is such that I do not fit in, I see things in a way that results in my demonstrating a certain creativity, I spent a lot of time being self-effacing, (often amounting to self-destructiveness), I have an insatiable appetite to learn new information and I am simultaneously sentimental and cold. that is because that is the nature of the world I wake up to. I also have a secondary (and a tertiary) aspect. my secondary is that of a scott and my 3rd is rogerian. (btw these secondary and tertiary aspects? thats why people sometimes will say, ‘hey I must be some kind of new personality type! like a clarkroger, because most of the time I feel like I’ll never fit in and then sometimes I can be real real stubborn and obstinate’ that’s your secondary showing through.

so…learn the characteristics of the three worldviews. observe your fellow lifeforms. infer the reality that they appear to be responding and reacting to and once you are able to correctly infer the worldview of the other person, you will know more about them than they know about themselves.
so…learn the characteristics of the three worldviews. observe yourself. first eliminate the obviously not fitting worldview, then hold the other two worldviews up and see which one makes the world make (more) sense… that is your predominant worldview. that is what will be useful to you, if you have an interest in: understanding the behavior of the people in our lives, taking better advantage of the people in our lives, knowing more about the inner thoughts and feelings of the people in our lives and , for some of you… learning ways to improve your own life.

we used to do an internet radio show and one of the things I always tried to say to the listener about the Doctrine was, “the Wakefield Doctrine is concerned with ‘how you relate yourself to the world around you’. note that I did not say, ‘…how you relate to the world’… I said, ‘ how you relate yourself to the world around you’”. that distinction is of critical importance in making the Doctrine a useful and effective tool.

… so we will stop here for today.

… one thing! to clarify my point, at the beginning of today’s Post, the key to using the Doctrine is learning and understanding the nature, characteristics and such of the three worldviews. in fact, it was DownSpring Cyndi who proffered the term ‘fluency’ as a way to describe our efforts to learn about the three worldviews, i.e. “hey, I am becoming more fluent in the scottian worldview… FUCK!” or “my fluency in the rogerian reality allows me to approximate the ‘projectile disinterest’ that we see so many of the ‘natives’ employ to such devastating effect”

(to be continued)

Friend of the Doctrine, Melanie has let us know that, due to shifting priorities, she would have her other blog ‘Steer Career Success‘ listed on our blogroll… it’s a good and useful and fun site, it has to do with jobs and careers and such and totally ties in with where we are taking this conversation about the use of the Wakefield Doctrine in the workplace… so stop over at her blog and say ‘hidy’

speaking of sent ya… if you are still reading this Post, I totally want to engage you in …. conversation! we are having the first weekly Wakefield Doctrine Video Brunch, this coming weekend. since you are clearly interested in the Doctrine, I totally care about making the Vid Brunch convenient to your time zone… so leave us a Comment and let me know your ‘zone …am currently thinking to start in the early am this coming Sunday (’cause Friend of the Doctrine Michelle is a nicely symmetrical 12 hours ahead of us. but there is still room to play with the exact starting hour)