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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 13, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Lizzi is the creatoress

Dyanne is hostinae

The Doctrine will, with the sincerity implicit in this writing, stand by the efficacy of the following gratitudenal stimulae. (We wouldn’t type it if we didn’t mean it.)

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine The photo above, of Una and Phyllis? Funny thing about clarks, we do not have a love affair with mirrors. We do, however, have a decided affinity for them. New Readers? Want to know if you’re a clark or one of ‘the other two’ with a significant secondary clarklike aspect?* The answer is in your answer.

4) 20 Minute Real Estate Briefing project Hey! If you haven’t already, do a clark a solid and subscribe to the Coastal New England Real Estate Team, YouTube channel you were just at… then, if your nephew, (on your sister’s side who used to live a block away), who is doing so well with that family of his, since taking the job at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium and moving to East Dubuque, IA. Doing so well, that they’re thinking about buying a house, send this and he’ll have one more resource available.

5) Lets go to work with the Wakefield Doctrine

6) Six Sentence Story.

7) Since we’re out and about, (see Grat Item #5), lets drive down to the beach.

8) Serial stories: ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘ and ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘

9) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (OK, you’ve been back five times now…first off, that thing about being a clark if you’ve come back more than twice? Don’t tell anyone, but that’s just meant shake the scotts and rogers who, though they don’t have a significant secondary clarklike aspect, they might be tagalongs with a predominant clarklike person…shhh, don’t laugh…you’re a clark…but you knew that, like, right away… and, in case you’re here ’cause your rogerian friend stumbled on it, here an interesting Rule** about this here Doctrine, here, no one can tell, name or otherwise designate you as any of the three types. If you haven’t come across it yet, let us be the first to say it, ‘the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them’.)

10) SR 1.3. (from the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) which says, in plain language… ‘hey! you’re about to finish another one! Lizzi’d be proud’)

* it’s long been established that the followers of this blog, defined as anyone who comes back more than twice, are either clarks or scotts or rogers with significant secondary clarklike aspect. Neither of ‘the other two’ have the time or the interest to step through someone else’s mirror.

** why, yes, as a matter of fact, we did capitalize the word to get your Herd Member buddy’s attention… welcome, clark…lol

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BONUS FEATURE (for making it this far…. whaddya wanna see here? let us know, we’ll do out best to get it in second position)

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 1, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

It took me nine years to write a post on the first day of March (as opposed to the third or the seventeenth).

Be that as it may, the Wakefield Doctrine, (as I will far more eloquently say it in the reprint below), is a tool for better appreciating how we relate ourselves to the world around us.

One of the developments in our understanding of the Doctrine since this was written is ‘the Everything Rule’. It states that ‘Everyone does everything, at one time or another‘. And that means there is nothing exclusive to one, and not the other two, worldviews. The useful part of this observation/rule is that it prompts us to consider how: a thing/job/random act/slick-move-at-the-end-of-the-second-date/reason-for-not-serving-on-jury-duty/relationship-to-a-cultural-or-political-entity manifests in the personal reality of the person in question.

And…and! this prompt reminds us of one of the most important aspects of the use of the Wakefield Doctrine: translation. You’re talking to a roger and come to a point of disagreement… the words you hear do not mean precisely what they sound like...if you’re a clark or a scott.

Translating from the other person’s predominant worldview will save time and make it possible for you to achieve one of the primary ambitions of this here personality theory here, to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

Not enough time!

On with the reprint from March 1, 2012

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

You know the ease with which some of us ‘get’ the core concept of the Wakefield Doctrine, there is an equal ease in missing the point of this thing of ours. We are fond of saying that the first people who come to this blog are among the ‘best and brightest’ that the blogosphere has to offer. They see the incredible insights that this Doctrine affords them, the ridiculously effective tools that allow you to understand why people behave the way that they do…not to mention the fun we (the Progenitors and DownSprings and FOTDs have, what with hats and Drives and videos and all). And yet, sometimes people struggle with the (underlying) principles of the Doctrine which in turn makes it more difficult for them to acquire the full understanding of this thing, limiting their ability to contribute to the ongoing process.
When this happens, we blame ourselves. We accept that, while all efforts are made to be simple and clear in the different Pages illustrating the different personality types and offering examples (of these types) that can be seen in the public culture, sometimes it is not enough! So as Malcolm said, ‘We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand‘.

The Wakefield Doctrine is not a theory, the Wakefield Doctrine is a label for a perspective. This perspective is one by which we look at the behavior of another person and make the assumption that (their) behavior makes perfect sense and is entirely appropriate in some reality.

The Wakefield Doctrine suggests that all people live their lives not only in the ‘common reality’ that we all share, but in an individual reality that is the context in which they act and react, feel and make assumptions to base their behavior.

The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that there are three individual realities (or ‘worldviews’) that have characteristics that can be associated with the three personality types: the worldview of ‘the outsider’, the worldview of ‘the predator’ and the worldview of ‘the herd member’.

The Wakefield Doctrine tells us that ‘personality’ is not a collection of traits, a list of typical behaviors or even a self-reported series of likes and dislikes all charted out on a multi-axis diagram, rather personality is simply the repeated reactions and strategies that all people develop in order to get through life as best they can.

The Wakefield Doctrine takes the critical step of saying, ‘hey, if we dropped you at a very early childhood age into the world of the clark, you would grow up a clark‘,
The Wakefield Doctrine takes the bold step of saying, ‘take a child of less than 4 years of age and drop them into the predator/prey worldview of a scott to grow up in and I will tell which person at a PGA championship will yell, “get in the hole!!!” ‘
The Wakefield Doctrine says, ‘what other explanation accounts for grown men wearing authentic period-fabric Army uniforms of the Civil War era and spending entire weekends practicing formations!!!??!”

The Wakefield Doctrine says to all of us the following:

all of us are predominately one of the three types and yet we retain the capability to act as the other two

the trick to using the Doctrine is simple, don’t try to make sense of what people are doing until you infer the worldview that they are doing it in

if you are not sure if a person is a clark, scott or roger, eliminate the most obvious (i.e. the girl with the sequins on her face and the mini skirt over the jeans? probably safe to scratch off ‘scott’

practice on yourself, you can’t get this thing wrong! If you want to tell everyone that you are a scott, everyone will be polite and nod and say sure as you put on your beret and get your pipe and slippers and sit down to read ‘Genealogy Quarterly’

it is the world that you are living in, not the things that you do that make you a clark or a scott or a roger

finally, ‘the Doctrine is for you, not for them‘

Alright. You have your assignments! Someone send that guy with the megaphone and the portable strobe light in… me and scott need to have some private time with that ole boy.

You are to be congratulated for your attention, as a reward a repeat video clip…. (er Molly?…AP? you know how when you watched ‘This is Spinal Tap’ well the thing is, not so much a parody. lol hey it was the 70s)

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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

February 19, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is one of those posts.

There was a time, a more fertile time, when posts would spring into life at the slightest provocation. (I’ll spare you the attempt at literary, mythological allusions that would start with Athena and continue down through the ages. I will use one image at the top and, how to say, we’ll move on with the post.)

The song is the thing.

Whole series of Wakefield Doctrine posts have come into existence because of a few notes of a song rooted in our past.

clarks are funny about the past.

Not, ‘ha ha’ funny. More “Please continue, but do you mind if some of my colleagues join us? There is much to what you have written that is a matter of concern.”

While Ken Burns is one of the patron saints of the world of the Herd Members, it is too easy to think, “I get it, rogers are the historians of the three predominant worldviews.”

almost.

Fortunately, the Everything Rule asserts its non-judgmental presence to remind us that ‘Everyone does everything, at one time or another‘. Meaning, of course, that nothing in life, reality or our thoughts is of exclusive domain of one and not ‘the other two’ personality types here at the Wakefield Doctrine.

The classic example is found in occupations. scotts are, by virtue of their relationship to the world around them, in possession of qualities that sync very well with the requirements of being an effective police officer. They, (scotts), love to chase things that are fleeing, enjoy rapid motion, (car, running, jumping from one horse to another) and loud noises. They, (scotts), love the chase. As a bonus, being able to catch and release the prey/felon/random driver on the interstate, means their days will always be fulfilling.

While knowledge of the past is an activity manifested in clarks, scotts and rogers, the ‘reason’ and ‘nature’ of acquiring this knowledge varies among the three. And, not surprisingly, this variation reflects the world as experienced by the: Outsider(clarks), the Predator(scotts) and the Herd Member(rogers)

… but I go on and on. Permit me to play you a song that, if you’re of sufficient tenure on the planet may be familiar. That said, the echoes, (intellectual and emotional), will be as different as you from me. Yet, without the slightest diminution of the sudden inner silence that cues as does the music, when the past moves up on your right, an usher with a red-coned flashlight, invites you to take a seat in a theatre full of once-familiar faces.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

February 15, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is a Doctrine.*

The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

The Wakefield Doctrine is neither an Answer nor is it an organized set of beliefs.

The Wakefield Doctrine is not a club-shaped mirror to use on those around or on your-own-self.

The Wakefield Doctrine does not have categories, placement in which is earned, forced, required or held up as a reward, based on a score, numerical, rhetorical or otherwise expressed.

The Wakefield Doctrine does not predict your future, however, if properly employed, will give you the edge on knowing what the other person is gonna do.

The Wakefield Doctrine does not confer power over others, though it might offer an enhanced access to your own.

The Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective on our respective lives, the world around us and the people who make it up.

The essential premise of the Wakefield Doctrine is that we are born with the capacity to experience life in one of three ways, (aka perspectives), and that, at a very early age, we settle into one, (and only one), of these three personal realities; having done this, (being still infants of world-forming-age), we grow and mature and develop our social strategies and relationships with the world on the basis of the one characteristic reality we find our selfs in:

the reality of the Outsider(clarks)
the world of the Predator(scotts)
the life of the Herd Member(rogers)

While we all settle into one, (and only one), of the three personal realities, (aka predominant worldviews), we never lose the potential to experience the world as do ‘the other two’. This potential can be active or inert, powerful or weak; it can color the view of the world in subtle, barely-noticeable shades, or it can be sleeping awaiting a rude awakening.

While each of the three predominant worldviews might be referred to as a personalty type, they are not categories into which an individual is assigned on the basis of the score; it is not a reflection of responses to a description generated by another person. The personality types, (the aforementioned, clarks, scotts and rogers), are simply the individual’s best efforts to develop a style and a manner that allows them to best survive, (and thrive), the world as they are experiencing it.

The personal reality that one experiences, (when referring to predominant worldviews), is real. As real as it needs to be to qualify as reality**.

As an additional perspective on the world and the people who make it up, the Wakefield Doctrine affords me an opportunity to better appreciate how I relate myself to the world around me***.

* yeah, the old Vince Lombardi trope

** if I choose to shout ‘Fire!‘ in a crowded theater or whisper ‘I love you‘ in a darkened bedroom, does it matter that the context from which my very real and, quite objective actions were derived, existed only in my mind (and heart and imagination)?

*** that was not, ‘how I relate to the world around me’ it was, ‘how I relate myself to the world around me’. Huge difference.

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

February 10, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

Quick, little, Doctrine post for a Wednesday morning.

We have a question from a New Reader*,

“I can see how those personality types seem to fit the people I know. I’m impressed by how, testing the type, (against a ‘real’ person), using only a few of the characteristics of, what do you call it… you know, instead of personality types…. oh yeah! predominant worldviews. How, if I take a couple of the primary indicators and apply it to someone, the rest totally fits. Pretty impressive.

That said, besides knowing that if a person I know will only ride his bicycle with a bunch of his friends and their spandex riding suits all have more corporate logos than a Nascar Chevy, he will also be into gossiping like his life depended on it, what else does this thing do?

How do you guys, (or girls, I know there are some there, even if you always use the reflexive pronouns like ‘us’ and ‘we’), use this theory. You know, for useful stuff like, self-improvement, getting a date, getting hired, having fun?“

Glad you asked, New Reader!

Since we’re almost out of time, I’ll just link this most importune and insightful question to the others who know whereof they speak, Doctrinistically-speaking.

Denise, Mimi, Cynthia, Val, Patricia, Lizzi, Dyanne, zoe? Care to enlighten our guest’s question. Or, at least, make sure they don’t wander off and pull on any cinematically-green curtains.

*a hypothetical Reader. you know, like your friend at work, who, when you told him/her about the Wakefield Doctrine, they were, all, ‘Wow! Thats really interesting. What else does it say about me?” And, of course, you promise to email/text the url and, when you run into them again, you start to say, “So, did you read…” and skidding to a halt you see that there are others in the conversation and so you end with, “..in the newspapers today.”

You want to tell yourself that you did not see a look of hunger or, more oddly, a look of disappointment in their eyes, and you suddenly have a feeling of relief, and an uninvited memory of the time in high school, when you asked one of the most popular students at your school to go to the big game and, how you ran into them, in the parking lot, and they didn’t even seem to remember that they had to cancel at the last minute because of a illness or shampoo in the family, and you, realizing you were there, managed to act like you wanted to be…. you know, like that

The important thing is that, before you ask the person, (the one at the start of this footnote-longer-than-the-body-of-the-post), if they had a chance to go to www.wakefielddoctrine.com you remember something that you read there…

Then you smile for two reasons: a) you know it didn’t make sense when you read it the first time and 2) you now know what those people at that Doctrine place meant when they wrote, ‘The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.”