the Wakefield Doctrine

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

Funny how some of the useful and fun insights afforded by the use of the Wakefield Doctrine as an additional perspective on the world around us may seem, at times, as totally serendipity.

Being a clark, we have no problem with making that statement. (After all, we’re not rogers) lol

And so, this is where the more advanced practice in the use of the Doctrine, is observed. It is not as simple as seeing a person give credit to another for something or other. It is how this giving credit manifests. And…and to make it even more intriguing, it, (the determination of another’s predominant worldview through a singular observation), comes down to ‘how it feels’. As the observer, not the actor.

And so, our point? The more involved we allow ourselfs to be, (in the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine), the more we are capable of appreciating in the world around us. Like music and art, the more we know, the more we hear and see.

And, of course, a bit of luck never hurts.  A chance observation allowing a level of detail that otherwise might be overlooked.

One of our favorite insights into the personal reality of rogers is the ‘true cause’ of their ‘lashing out’.  (Beyond the scope of this post. Suffice to say, for clarks, knowing that lashing out is about them and not us makes reading a couple a thousand posts well worthwhile.)

…anyway. The true prompt for this post was a (chance) occurrence this weekend. It was while watching one of our favorite youtube channels. Nothing remarkable about the content, the ‘plot’ of that particular episodes. (It is, after all, a channel devoted to excavation, as in large, earth-moving equipment.)

That said, in the course of watching, we saw an example of one of the three predominant worldviews in a person. Feeling less than confident in our writing skills, the first thought was to simply link it and say, ‘Do you see that?!!?’

But then again, we realized that not all Readers are sufficiently fluent in the this thing of ours.

So, our take-away.

There was a person in this episode (not appearing in earlier posts). And it was not even what the person said or, (as we go at length in these posts), how he said it. It was about his physical presence, i.e. how he moved. The fun of this insight was how it prompted us to find synonyms for what we saw. a scott in motion.

the first thing that comes to mind is naturally, ‘quickness’ and ‘decisiveness’. It was one of those, once you see it, you can’t un-see it.

Everything, (about the person’s physical presence), was deliberate. And, no, not carefully considered or studied. Simply deliberate.

Alacrity was one of the first words. Unhesitatingly was the first adverb.

damn! that was a fun moment. to see the Wakefield Doctrine in motion.

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

1. 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’)
2. 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!
3. 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