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Reprint-Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 9, 2021 By

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Interesting thing; it took five years of Augustseses.. to find a post done on today’s date, the 9th (of August).

Well, interesting to me.

Hey! Here’s a almost-justifiable rationale for reprint posts: many of the Readers who currently frequent the Doctrine blog didn’t see the following post when it was first written. You know, the early days, when the examples and illustrations of how the Wakefield Doctrine could be of a benefit were coming at a rate faster than we could type.

In any event, below is a post from August 9th 2082

Funny thing, we did, in fact, have a Saturday Night Drive conversation with Cynthia this very weekend! Go figure.

Random Monday the Wakefield Doctrine (if this were organized like a real personality theory, you’d have to pay for it)

August 11, 2014 By  (Edit)

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

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So we (Cyndi and Denise and yours truly) were talking on the WDSLDR Call-in this Saturday. The topic was, superficially, about rogers, but in actuality, it was about clarks.

  • …because, the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them

we came to the conclusion that, prior to entering a new situation, most clarks prefer to know more (about the situation) rather than less. Sometimes this is a reasonable ambition, other times it is not. When it is not, clarks tend to retreat into their heads, in an effort to ‘figure out’ their best approach to the situation. Of course, this tactic will result in our clark not actually participating in the actual events.  With this non-attentiveness to the reality we are in, our status of being the Outsider is totally assured.  So, as we discussed on Saturday, how do you properly prepare for events that lie in the future and are therefore not completely knowable? (We rolled down the windows and yelled and hooted at a car full of kids from school going in the opposite direction.*)  We were using, as the example of this principle,  the new work situation that Cyndi was facing at the start of the new year. Most telling was that it was ‘knowing the people’ that she was going to be expected to work with (and in some cases, direct and manage). While we (Denise and me) were no help with the particulars of her work environment, it did occur to us that:

  • …with the Wakefield Doctrine, you (or me) or maybe just Cyndi, already knows everyone she is going to be working with, even if she has never met them before that first day… they will be clarks or there might be a scott there (probably not two, at least not in the same work environment) and a whole bunch of rogers. so, ‘fear of the unknown?  not for this clark!’

We laughed, in part (or in whole), at the realization that, even after years of study, the Wakefield Doctrine still had new insights to offer!

Our conversation continued well past the normal cutoff time of the Saturday Night Drive (8:00 to 8:45 pm EDST). So, if you are in possession of a telephone next Saturday Night give us a call! It’s fun and informative and you will benefit!

  • with the insights afforded by an understanding of the (principles) of the Wakefield Doctrine, you will never need find yourself saying, “How could they say such at thing? I really thought I knew them better than that!”
  • …clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel
  • rogers organize parties, scotts are the most sought after guests and clarks find themselves there, despite their best efforts to the contrary

You know that old aphorism …or chestnut or,  ‘come here son, I have something about Life to tell you’,  thing about ‘if you have a job that you need done, ask a…’?    Well, the Wakefield Doctrine says:

  • if you need it done right as soon as possible and you don’t care how neatly, or carefully (or correctly) done it is………   ask as scott
  • if you need it done, don’t mind not getting credit for it being done and don’t care how long it takes to get done……….  ask a roger
  • if you need it done and you’d rather be doing something/anything else and you don’t care if it is completely done (better than you had hoped) or completely done…….ask a clark

 

* I think that was a scene from either ‘American Graffiti’ or it could have been  ‘Dazed and Confused’

 

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 3, 2021 By

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

OK, everyone knows how we’re constantly advocating for keeping energy levels at a productively elevated point. Energy, for our purposes might mean, ‘Sure, I can take on one more task’ or ‘I’m tired, but it’s a good tired’ or even, (and more telling), ‘I know it’ll feel good when I finish, so let’s get to it.’

For us, here in the realm of gelatinized thoughts and ideas reduced to a description that will allow another person to see their own, personal manifestation, (of the thing/process/improvement), so reduced to language and preserved in the rhetorical zoo.

Anyway, what prompts this very short post is something I read in a description of a product in the hardware store.

New Readers? Quick context. There was a time, in the early days of this blog, when we were writing every single day. Sometimes more. There was, of course, a lot to talk about. Well, one thing to talk about: the Wakefield Doctrine. But what kept the words coming was that the Doctrine, and those who followed this blog, were all kinds of enjoying different examples of the principles, additional ways to detect the three predominant worldviews, i.e. clarks(Outsiders), scotts(Predators) and rogers(Herd Members). It seemed that everything tied in. (Well, of course it ties in to the Doctrine. The Wakefield Doctrine is nothing if it’s not an additional perspective on our world and the people who make it up. Which is, duh, everything.)

In any event, there was a time when all it took was a commercial on the TV or a passing, casual remark or, in today’s example, a description of a product in the hardware store.

I read it. I laughed out loud(lol) and it resonated with that ‘Write a post’ thing in my world. Here:

 

‘What’s so special about the Victor Smart-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap? Not only does it use a humane, high-voltage shock to eliminate mice in seconds, but this innovative trap also alerts you of a catch via your mobile device…”

 

So, tell me you wouldn’t be all, ‘Damn! I gots to let everyone else know about this!’

 

Seeing how this harkens back to an earlier time, lets have Huey take us out…

 

 

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 17, 2021 By

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This is our weekly installment in the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT). A ‘grat bloghop’, but with a creative twist. This quality being integral to the character that the founderess, Lizzi, instilled in the creation of this weekly exercise. Not a surprise, she being one of those genuinely creative people*.

At the current time our host is Dyanne. (Aided by co-hostinae, Lisa and Pat and Mimi)

So, on with the list of the people, places and things that instill, inspire, incite and otherwise make a body experience gratitude.

1) Phyllis —-⇓

2) Una ————————————————————————————⇑

3) The current weather, which for the last two days, has been fairly excellent. (Am a fan of the more enhanced temperatures of the summer months. My answer to the perennial weather/temperature/comfort question is, pretty much, always, “No.”)

4) Flora Refuge (aka Triffid Grove) Selective mowing, with a nod to mobile lifeforms, manifested as pathways to observe the chlorophyll abattoir that is our side yard.

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) serial writing, stories to unfold pretty much of their own accord, specifically: the Whitechapel Interlude and the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf

7) work (and the 20 Minute Real Estate Briefings which is on ‘the youtube’. everyone seems to enjoy the commercials as much as the actual Briefings) But to enjoy the Proof of Concept for the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool to self-improve one self, check the 20 Minute page at the Facebook.

8) In Number 7 above, there is a very helpful illustration of a clark and a scott (per our favorite personality theory).

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (at this stage of the game, we trust this Rule (or it’s source) need not be explained any further?)

 

 

 

* that would be a reference to one of three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine. Rules of Etiquette governing said Doctrine allow only the individual to designate one’s predominant worldview. (Of course, it is quite permissible to discuss one’s likely type, but only in direct conversation. One simply doesn’t go around making statements about another’s personal reality

 

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 28, 2021 By

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

Today:

 

Of clarks and attachments

(‘… on being an Outsider in a world of furniture with slipcovers and shelves of un-read books’.)

We all know that clarks, in the scheme of the Wakefield Doctrine, are the Outsiders. The term most-often misapplied is ‘introvert’. This does little justice to either personality type. In one case, it condemns the person to passive restraint, (in) the other, deprives them of an attribute that almost makes it it all worthwhile: genuine creativity.

That said, what sets the Wakefield Doctrine apart and, in turn, sets the bar so high for those who would take advantage of the value of the additional perspective it offers, is the notion of personal reality. When we talk about predominant worldviews, (of the Outsider(clarks), the Predator(scotts) and the Herd Member(rogers), we are talking about reality, as experienced by, (and limited as such to), the individual. (Note: nothing terribly original or shocking here. The notion of the ‘vivability'(lol) of subjective experience of the world has been thoroughly documented, (if not under-appreciated), by generations of experimental psychologists, aka rogers). (lol)

Seriously. The value of the principles of the Doctrine only begins to make itself available after you’ve accepted that the world, and the people who make it up, are subtly, (but significantly), different for everyone.

Which brings us to the other quality that sets the Wakefield Doctrine apart: everyone has the perfect personality type. For the characteristic reality/predominant worldview, they faced as a very, very, veriest young human. (Imagine, back to the world before language, consisting of motion and force, light and darkness, hunger and fear surrounded us.)

The point is, if you grew up and developed your social strategies, (aka personality type), in the personal reality of the Outsider, or the Predator or the Herd Member, you would fit the profile as defined in this personality system. (Lots more to this, including secondary and tertiary aspects, but need to get back to clarks). Suffice to say, the world you experience is real and your reactions and responses are appropriate.

What are we to make of the subtitle to today’s Post?

clarks are people who go through life making the inanimate live and the secretive submit to discovery, revealing what the investigator wants to learn.

We’re Outsiders. Our primary motivation is to learn what it is that, (nearly), everyone around us, from since before we remember, have been taught. The secret of being a real person, the formula for belonging.

(btw Pro-tip?  clarks are afraid of nothing but are ultimately fearful of scrutiny.)

The reason is simple. We can’t understand why it is we are Outsiders. We had no intention to be apart from the people around us. We just discovered it to be true. (Hint: remember that thing about personal reality? 99.99% of people don’t quite believe that this thing, personal reality, is real. Sure, they’ll allow, it’s real to the person as part of their belief/delusion, self-deception, but there’s only one reality, the real reality they’ve experience uninterupted. Unfortunately, this deprives them of the flat-out, super-power, of perspective. To know that the world can be many things.)

Anyway.

As a consolation prize and to keep us hoping that, if we don’t succeed in learning what everyone else has known since childhood, we are creative.

…maybe if we come up with something everyone wants, they’ll let us join them.

 

…to be cont’d

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 16, 2021 By

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

Hey, today presents an interesting opportunity for a Wakefield Doctrine workshop/experiment.

(New Readers: the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on reality, the world and the people who make it up*. It posits that we, all of us, have the potential, at birth, to grow up and develop in what amounts to three distinct realities. These realities, referred to as ‘predominant worldviews’ are:

  1. the reality of the Outsider(clarks) this individual, once they come to the realization they are separate and apart from most people around them, learn to interact with the minimum of accidental or inadvertent exposure; scrutiny is to be avoided at all costs; genuinely creative, erratically accomplished, this personality is endlessly curious, oddly fun and engaged in a life-long search for the information that would allow them to join the ranks of the ‘real’ people of the world.
  2. the world of the Predator(scotts) a true child of Nature, this predominant worldview is all about living and surviving in a world full of potential pleasure, rife with danger and un-detected threat, and never stopping, lest they are over-come by the forward momentum of life; impulsive, mercurial and open in both interactions with others and their desire to live the fullest of lives, they are at home only in the objective, next-minute-next, here and now
  3. the life of the Herd Member(rogers) everyone who isn’t a clark or a scott; while a clark(Outsider) lives in the shadows of the social fringe, bringing novelty and newness into the world and the scott keeps everyone paying attention to the fact that life is limited, (and way too short). Our Herd Member builds a stable, if not rigid, world that allows continuity to exist for all three; life, to the Herd Member, from the moment they encounter anyone else, is one of belonging and relationship, the coin of their realm is nothing less than emotion and confidence in the fact that everything is quantifiable and there is a Right Way to live.

Still with us? Great! We’re all born with the potential to live life in one, (and only), one of these realities, but, and this is key, we never lose the potential to experience the world as do ‘the other two’. In fact, some of us have what we refer to as a ‘significant secondary aspect’. This is where qualities not common to one’s predominant worldview, (aka personality type), is in evidence. Most often in times of duress, a person, say a scott might suddenly, in an emergency, become thoughtful and creative (instead of impulsive and ….impulsive) and become, for the situation, more able to deal with the circumstance.

Which brings us to the topic of today’s post: using the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to self-improve oneself.

Wait! One more insight.

The Wakefield Doctrine also has what’s called. ‘the Everything Rule’, which, simply stated is, Everyone does everything, at one time or another. What it means is: while one predominant worldview might make an individual more likely to suceed at a given task/job/occupation/avocation/life-style, none of these, (tasks/jobs/occupations/avocations/life-styles) are the exclusive domain of any of the three. Sure, a scott has the desire to hunt and stalk and therefore might be well-suited to being, say, a surgeon or a singer. A roger, living in the quantifiable universe of the Herd Member may, having no difficulty learning the hard sciences, make an excellent engineer, might also be an outstanding musician or chef. clarks, well, first you gotta spot ’em.

The take-away here is: we all have within, all and every quality that self-improvers and life-coaches dream of. It’s just a matter of applying the principles.

To that end, this evening we** will be trying doing this week’s 20 Minute Briefing Real Estate Briefing as a solo act. Not so much to prove it can be done, rather the goal is to see how deliberately one might access their secondary and tertiary aspects in real time. (In case anyone was wondering about the predominant worldview of the test subject…lol).

The thing of it is, this blog represents a real-world/real-time example of the manifestation of a secondary aspect. The ‘voice’ our posts have developed over the years is neither that of the person who started writing in 2009 nor is it, for that matter, the person typing today. But seeing how much we enjoy some posts (‘specially back in the 20012 to 2014 years), the goal of this experiment is to see if’n I can talk the way I (sometimes) write.

This evening at 5:30 on the Facebook or youtune

Be there or be accused of reminding others in your social circle that you make them think of a figure defined by four lines at 90 degrees to each other!

So lets see how this link works!

* still one of my favorite jokey sayings…. like, as if, the world isn’t made up by the people who populate it lol

** still favor the editorial ‘we’ and, if you’re an advanced student of the Doctrine, you will surely divine the writer’s worldview on the basis of preferred pronouns.

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