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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 9, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

So, we were talking about the all too rare insights into the realities of the three predominant worldviews.

The three ‘personality types’ of the Doctrine are:

clarks (Outsiders)
scotts (Predators)
rogers (Herd Members)

We, all of us, are born with the potential of all three, settle into one, (and only one), but retain a vestigial access to the ‘other two’. The basic mechanism/conceit underlying the Doctrine is simple: our personality type is but a reflection of the relationship we have with the world around us and the people who make it up. And the primary task we confront is to learn how to survive and thrive. At this time we’re taking our cues from our close-in world and discovering and developing strategies that allow us to continue to grow and mature, given the nature of the world we are in (Hint: there are three ‘natures/characters’).

Which is kinda cool when you think about it. Ain’t none of those lists of traits and tropisms, compensation of lost opportunities or twists imposed by greater, (and, all too often, inimical), forces in our worlds). Hell, no. We’re just trying to survive. So you might say, (which we very much do), that your personality type is perfect.

… (you knew there was gonna be a ‘dit-dit-dit’ admit it! lol)

We, all of us, according to the Wakefield Doctrine, have the exact right personality type, (here come the italics) given the nature of the personal reality we are existing in.

(can we get an Amen?)

anywho… we were going to talk about the deeper insights into the three personal realities of the Doctrine. (Which is to say, there’s a ton of descriptions and adjeverbs for the personal reality of: Outsiders (clarks), living in the semi-shadows, mumbling, poor posture, an affinity among some to decorate their heads and Predators (scotts), such as Tasmanian devils/devilettes, life-of-the-party, adrenalin addicts, really hawt and, Herd Members (rogers) who totally account for the benefits of modern tech, safety of most ingestibles and there being a Right Way and a wrong way, (not to mention, really, really neat, organized work benches)

Sure, that’s the fun of the Doctrine.

But there is more to the three worldviews than we can easily see from our perspective in only one of them.

That’s our next topic… but we’re out of time.

Stop by tomorrow.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 2, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

Lets RePrint.

(but.. try to remind us to remember not to forget to discuss the concept of ‘lashing out’ as manifested in the rogerian worldview. It, the understanding of its nature, mechanism and effect is a singular value among the insights afforded us for all the effort that has gone into this here blog here.)

Wait… we’ll just go ahead and save a draft write now. Not that we doubt you’ll remember, but we might forget our-own-damn-selfs.

…ok. back. had to paste the RePrint. That way we can link this post into a draft for tomorrow’s. Now, we need something…nemonic, yet clever and, ideally, irresistible… What? Yeah subtitle would be a good place for the primary hook. How about “the single most useful thing about the Wakefield Doctrine’…single most useful insight? takeway? damn… our phone has been an endless cornucopia of (redumbdent? (ha ha… man, someone has to have coined that one already…)) click-bait titles.

damn! oh well, guess we’ll just copy the first parenthetical and leave it go at that.

‘…of sharing and belonging’ the Wakefield Doctrine ‘so how’s that little campaign to bring the Doctrine to the world, coming along?’

January 25, 2013

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)the purpose of this Post is to….

It has been said of the Wakefield Doctrine (specifically) and of creativity (generally) that:

clarks: despite being the only one of the three capable of genuine creativity, are totally ‘un’-‘non’-‘ill’-‘dys’ -equipped to present a new idea to the world in an effective manner

scotts: despite being the most charismatic of the three personality types, has neither the need, nor the desire, to associate themselves with an ‘idea’ any further than is necessary to have people pay attention to them in the moment

rogers: because of their innate (and prodigious) talent for self-promotion are, in fact, most commonly found as the figurehead for most ideas that create followings among people, have no interest whatsoever in the idea itself, convinced that the attention that is being focused is simply the natural order

Dealing with, accommodating and adapting to the above personality type qualities, has been the Challenge facing this blog since the first Post in June 2009. In fairness to the author, we should state that the original goal of the Wakefield Doctrine blog was to create a following (of) the idea of ‘personality types as functions of personal realities’ and to develop a public forum, a platform upon which the uses of this perspective on human behavior could be presented, exhibited and displayed. The thinking, (behind this approach), was simply that the more people who learned about the Doctrine, the more people would contribute to the knowledge base that would grow around the blog itself.

Or so the thinking went…

From the very first year, the scotts (those associated with the blog that were of a scottian personality type) were all, “what the hell are you talking about!!! Nobodys gonna read that boring crap!! you gotta get in their face and make ’em pay attention!! say ‘fuck’ a lot!!! that’s what will keep them focused… pictures music no body is gonna read a droning on and on and on about how the psychological implications!!! you want Readers then you got to be exiting!!! …. oh, yeah fuck!!”

And, to a certain extent, we do not disagree. In fact, we have never disagreed with their insistence on presenting the Wakefield Doctrine with an element of excitement and life, something that would draw the attention of the causal blog-browser. Our objection to the scottian obsession with movement and noise and energy, has simply been that, for a scott, the attention (of others) is the end in and of itself. A scott does not attract attention in order to…. a scott attracts attention because that is where the energy is, life is about living, (for the scott) and energy and motion and activity is what you do to know you are alive.
…so, no help there.

From the very first year , the rogers (those associated with the blog that were of the rogerian personality type) were all, “sure…tell the tale and they will follow”
As a matter of fact, it was a long-held belief that it would take either a roger or my developing my rogerian aspect in order to create the voice in these Posts that would attract Readers. The thinking was that, rogers being the masses in the first place, were the only ones who could shape the words, impart the style that would resonate with the Readership.
That was almost true.

For a roger to present a new idea to the world, requires that the roger first tell the world about how successful they are and only then, when the Readers come closer, drawn by the light of fame ( a light being held by the rogeron themselves), will they be willing to learn of this new and interesting personality theory.

…so, no help there.

So where does that leave us?

…well, even though this Wakefield Doctrine blog has not become a:

yelling, screaming flashing lights and breasts and omg-I-can’t-believe-you-said-that funny place with lots of wicked funny Comments and all and other scottian whoopee cushions ( literarily speaking) and

we are not holding forth on “...why, yes, as I was saying just the other day to another person who thinks I am wonderful, well I was starting to say something really inciteful but we were both interrupted by a famous blog writer who said that this was so wonderful they couldn’t believe why this blog was not more famous and I said, ‘why darling, of course it is, but you’re kind of narrow gauge yourself aren’t you’”

…all and all, not bad so far, not bad.

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 20, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

The next most favorite thing, according to our totally-unreliable memory, for most blog readers (and writers) is anything involving a survey and/or survey questions. The most favorite?

a list of items related to either the targeted Reader or the subject matter of the blog
videos
First Person narrative (reliable or un-)
intriguing images and such

Understanding the nature and characteristics of the three personalty types of the Wakefield Doctrine: (

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

) will allow you to know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

Utilizing the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine permits one, (provided they have the desire and will), to know better how the other person is experiencing the world at any given moment.

cool. huh?

gotta get back to writing our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop. One of which will be a Six Sentence Café & Bistro Six. These, or at least the setting, the aforementioned Café, is a virtually metaphoric nightspot. While it can be found in most cities (and some rural areas), what makes it so much fun is it’s consistency of form. What this means is, you want to write a story (a Six or whatever) well, we have the setting already established! So if your story is mostly interaction between character then half the work is done for you. Plus there are others who write to this location. Just so, you know, you’re at a loss for dialogue, well, these folks would be glad to interact.

The floor plan for the Café is standardized. So if you feel like a challenge, on any given weekly Six Sentence Story bloghop, write yourself a visit. (No limit on POV or theme. Come as you are or come as some part of your psyche would be. No one is checking IDs lol)

The locale:

off a main thoroughfare, halfway down the primary artery devoted to commerce , take a side street (perpendicular to where the must-have shoppes, professional services, including but not limited to lipo and psycho suction) and continue one-too-many blocks until the plate glass windows start to become opaque with dust and time. You should now find yourself in what appears to be the former manufacturing district (of your un-named city), look for a five-storey mill building. go past that, turn left on a lane, the surface of which has gone, quite without your noticing the transition, from smooth asphalt to cobblestone. There is a sidewalk turning down a street. Follow. On the left is a five story building. You’ll see a single red door. It is slightly below grade, there are three granite steps down to the entrance to the Café. (There is, most times, a personage at the door. Usually outside. this is the Gatekeeper. Guess what his job is. (lol).

The exterior door is old oak. The exterior walls are granite and brick.

Once inside the door, there is a vestibule formed using fairly modern design and materials. There are two cigarette machines on the right. Their tops are covered with stacks of the local Free Paper, three-color, glossy paper real estate booklets in their own cardboard upright stands and, finally two slightly leaning stacks of Awake! and The WatchTower.

Through the stainless steel and glass door from there and you’re in the Six Sentence Café & Bistro.

(running out of time! quick non-effective rhetoric to give you a sense of the place)

the floor plan is rectangular. from where you’re standing the nearest long side is the exterior wall (you just came in at the near end). There are alcoves alomg this wall with tables sets in them and, for reasons left to future visitors, some have diaphanous curtains offering privacy. A former mill, the ceilings are high and dinosaur-ribbed with rough-hewn wood beams. The opposite/parallel wall is an interior wall of brick. There is a small (two steps up) stage at its longitudinal center. The wall farthest away (the ‘short’ side of our rectangle) is an exterior wall. Three quarters of this space is taken up with round-topped tables with four chairs each, except for the dance floor in front of the stage (like, where else would you expect it to be?). There is one table, along the interior wall, just past the stage where you will see a laptop which is always on. That’s where you might see the Raconteuse, if she’s in town.

Back to where you should still be (after stepping from the vestibule), from this point along the right hand (the other short leg of the rectangle) runs the bar. The Bartender will most likely be seen there, unless she’s in the kitchen with Tom or has the day off. The kitchen is accessed by double swinging doors that bisect the long row of bottles and neon set on mirrored shelves.

The far end of the bar? Now comes the intriguing aspect. The very end (think of the short right angle turn of, say a towel rack on the wall), the waitress station. You might see a woman in dressed all couture and Nike. Beyond her is a wide gap in the interior wall. To the left: the restrooms and to the right? ah ha! that branch of the hall leads to the Manager’s office (the door is marked by cheap reflective metal hardware store letters, slightly askew) further down the hall… nah

There you go! Your invitation to come set a spell in a virtual, metaphoric nightspot. Interesting people. Unlimited possibilities.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 8, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A remarkable continuation of the ‘Kill’em with Kindness’ approach to the Slings ‘n Arrows Constituency, Jack’s (C.S. Lewis to his dog) long-lost, putatively-illegitimate grand-niece, Lizzi R, has a demonstrably beneficial effect on the virtual world, even to this day.

This week, among the people, places and things we’re grateful for are the following:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Landscaping Update: The decision has been made to continue with the ‘Let Nature take Her course’ approach with the front and side Meadows. Slightly tempted to mow it all before the full-on Winter arrives. But no, we’re gonna stay, ‘stepped back’ and see what grows, totally unimpeded by the Efforts of Man (and Phyllis and Mia)

5) moderate weather (for the season)… as the the old, crocheted-homily reminds us, ‘There’s a bright side to every climatological tipping point!”

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop Six Pix of the Week: ‘The Black & The Gold‘ by Spira (aka the Gatekeeper (a Proprietor @ the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro^{See Grat #9 below})

7) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop ‘Corn Pick of the Week: ‘the Unicorn Challenge 08/11/24‘ by Pensitivity

8) something, something

9) the Six Sentence Café & Bistro (that blue? a link to our under-utilized free WP blog created for the purpose of enhancing the immanent reality of what amounts to a cooperative, socio-virtual metaphor. A place where those with the desire and good intent can go (and/or reference independently), in the virtual world/online that has: a consistent form, a varied constituency and unlimited potential (for story-telling, speculation, reflection and all the other fun aspects of ‘fiction’). Stop by sometime. (“We’re looking at you, Frank) lol (no, not a gotcha, just a friendly invite to a currently ongoing serial adventure involving the tall, thin man, Mimi, Tom, Nick, Chris, Denise and a new ‘character’ Rosetta Storme.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- Career Day! (Doctrine-style)

November 5, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

So, the Everything Rule^{Hey! Down at the bottom of the post, New Reader. Ya know, if’n you did your reading, you wouldn’t be all ‘but…but!} notwithstanding, there are some jobs. occupations, vocations, avocations and dalliances best suited to one of the three.

Physician: roger (for the technical/sciency medicine, i.e. oncologist, orthopedics), clark (pediatrician, gerontologist, psychiatrist), scott (see next subset)

Surgeon: scott

Dentist: roger hygienist: clark (only if the class for physical therapist was all full on registration day lol)

We could list a lot more, but the Doctrine is a tool. Actually, to be more precise, the Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective (on the world around us and the people who make it up) so, go ahead, think of different jobs and professions and the imagine each of the three predominant worldviews in that role.

ProTip:

See, the Wakefield Doctrine is about relationships. Make that a verb. It’s about how we relate ourselfs to the world we find ourselves living in.

So, consider the profession of carpenter. If you are relating yourself to the world as does the Herd Member, how do you feel about this business of working in wood? Hint: you know there’s a Right Way and it, (this Right Way), will distinguish you from those around you engaged in the same task. Category: woodworking/finish carpenter/craftsman. You with us?

OK consider law enforcement. Quick! First memory-impressions. Chase the bad guys. Capture the bad guys. So who do you think will bring the fullest personal involvement to executing the duties of the profession? An Outsider who is ever-curious but needs to stay in the background lest they be scrutinized? Or, perhaps a Herd Member? They surely know that rules are not to be broken but unless they have support, (posse/mob/a third of the gym class), they’ll wait it out. Who just stole the police car?!! ;p. there’s your person. the Predator.

We’ve provided the template. You want to have fun with the Wakefield Doctrine’s unique perspective? Then read up on the three ‘personality types’ understand their individual relationship with the everyday world. And, it wouldn’t hurt to learn characteristic behaviors and such, i.e. the workshop pegboard with each individual tool’s outline stenciled on it or the mumbled joke that seems to emanate from somewhere beyond the first ring of gathered students or, even, the woman at the supermarket that makes you not mind the wait in line.

Like that.

We know you can do this. Don’t worry about getting it right. You can’t get it wrong and, even better, you can’t break it.

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them