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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 6, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Slow-typing Monday. Let’s not fight it, shall we? (lol)

Tool kit. Action Plan. Social Strategy

What is the value of the Wakefield Doctrine?

nah, too… Mutual of Oh Mama…let’s try this:

*explanations are to clarks as sex is to scotts and tradition is to rogers*

Better.

Got the patina of a morning-after Clearsil ya know? without being too ‘you can’t stay in bed all day’

(sad commentary when your Curator needs to warm-up in order to go looking for a RePrint post to brush-away all the white space on this Monday morning’s Doctrine post draft.)

ok…ok hold on (hey are we the only ones who have mornings when the ability to type vanishes like confidence when making a morning after telephone call?)

yeah…

here we go. (“Service Department, please. What? Sorry, wrong number.”)

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

August 11, 2014

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

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

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 6, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

You’re welcome.*

Since we got off track with yesterday being Tuesday, the most clarklike day of the week, we’re gonna make up for it here and simply make observations without contextualizing or dramatizing.

of course not, for this blog, (and the Wakefield Doctrine itself), to be wildly popular, we would need to be a roger. they, (the Herd Members), have the innate sense of vox populi**

But then again, clarks are not ‘people’, clarks are Outsiders.

And rogers, having the quality of the average, healthy socially adept person is anything but an Outsider. (Even a scott is not an Outsider, at least not in nature. They separation from the Herd quality of the scott is a choice, one might argue of a tactical nature.

What neither scotts nor rogers have that clarks do, is the intrinsic sense of the reasonable dichotomy of the Outsider, to wit: I awake this morning. In considering the day ahead, I think in terms of the ‘world out there‘.

(and we mean it. lol)

So we’re good with the size and scope of this blog, the Wakefield Doctrine. If for no other reason than the fact that it would not have been created by a scott or a roger for one very good reason: no need.

And…and!! the benefits, (to us as a clark who happens to be the curator of this thing of ours) include: having far greater access to other clarks (to identify with/learn from/encouraged by seeing their successes in negotiating the world).

that’s enough.

well, one more thing. we’re most proud of the discovery/understanding/appreciation of one characteristic of the rogerian predominant worldview, that is their tendency to ‘lash-out’ when uncomfortable/or in fear of losing the (social) spotlight. clarks frequently experience this when interacting with a rogerian friend and the conversation is totally positive and enjoyable and seemingly out of nowhere, the roger says (the equivalent of) ‘Yeah, you’re an asshole’ And, with equal abruptness (after the emotional snack/meal provided by the clark) continue the conversation.***

Anyway, the reason we’re proud of this particular insight from the Wakefield Doctrine is that most clarks, in the endless seconds following being lashed out at, are thinking, ‘What the hell did I do to bring that on.’

Now we know. Nothing. It was not us, it was them. (for some clarklike reason, speaking only for ourself, hearing this makes all the difference in the world.

Thanks! Wakefield Doctrine!!

*surely one of the most costly, if not damaging characteristic of the clarklike worldview is our self-effacing modesty. Just gonna leave it at that. If (you’re a clark) you know what that means.

** this is new (to us), i.e. the original and full expression is Vox Populi, Vox Dei (‘the voice of the people is the voice of God’)

*** classic ‘apology’ from the roger if called on this inappropriate attack: ‘Oh man, I can’t believe I said that‘

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 27, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

As an additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up), the Wakefield Doctrine is both fun, useful and to some, quite productive.

Using this perspective, not only will you know more about the other person than they know about themselves, you’ll be in a position to see the world as they are experiencing it.

Here’s a fun insight: even though we, (the Curator of this here personality theory here), know your predominant worldview, (to a degree of certainty approaching, ‘no, really you’re totally a …’), this second point about how the other person is experiences the world makes it a lead-pipe cinch.

So what?

Think about it.

You’re still reading.

So let’s eschew the obvious statement and go to the more subtle inference.

If you’re a clark* you recognize this thing of ours. You’ve have one since…well, since the question will be posed by a Reader who is not a clark, early, early childhood. It’s not so much an ambition, (the belief you can understand the world and your place in it**), as fashioning a life raft from the flotsam and jetsam (totally sine spe recuperandi) in the clearly way-to-far-out-to-see-a-shoreline place you find yourself in (while a child).

This is why certain people who come here once and then return do not need Cliff Notes, instructions or a User’s Manual. It’s just like their own (sometimes better, more complete or… (we really hope) funnier.)

ok, lets skip to the chase: the one thing about this blog for one of the three predominant worldviews? it confirms the existence (and not to get melo on ya… the survival and success) of others like theyselves.

Secondary clarks? toolkit baby, a set of Ersa nails, the secret code to the locker room, the formula for momentary invisibility and a social-psychological turbo (good for short bursts) suitable for chasing adept prey and lazy but advanced predators.

*ja ja, yeah, right… if you’re posing a doubt or counter-argument that’s just your secondary rogerian aspect.

** beyond your not being like everyone else, the ‘real’ people in your life

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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 24, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Today’s end-of-the-week pop quiz will be Open Book and …and! Self-graded.

Question: of the three personality types, (of the Wakefield Doctrine), which is gifted with true creativity (at a price fer sure) and which, (of the three), has a sense of what will appeal to the masses (commercial success)?

Question: of the three: one will enjoy this, the other, provided the morning is going slow will also ‘get a kick out this system of predominant worldstew and which, in an all too-common demographic, sneer (in a charming manner). Link the clark/scott/roger with the appropriate description.

Question: here, at the third and final question, which of the three has moved on to some (other) blog/blogpost and which remains because, ‘this does make a kind of sense/is fun but familiar and reminiscent of rainy afternoons or Saturday nights (after being stood-up)

Pencils down, binyons.

Those who got all the Answers correct..have a good weekend, see you next week.

Those who did not… no, there’s nothing more to read here. Class dismissed.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 20, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Quick! Readers!!! Call it.

Heads: RePrint

Tails: New content.

…on three

Thanks out to Misky. She called heads and we flipped our specially-minted Schrödinger twenty-five cent piece and…

So, yesterday (and the day before, in spirit if not in fact) a discussion sprang into life as a result of Misky’s Comment:

…which leads me to wonder about metaphorical ‘appetite’ like an appetite for learning, or adventure, risk, life, speed, etc. and whether those appetites fall under a scottian umbrella. I’m mostly thinking to myself here because I’m leaning toward ‘yes, yes they do.’

To which we replied:

the fun of using behavioral metaphors (as in the Wakefield Doctrine) is that it is predicated on a person having ‘an ear’ (not musical sound but for rhetoric and rhetorical deviceseses) of course the scottian predominant worldview (relating to the world as would a Predator) includes the unrestrained appetite… especially when in contrast with the price humankind pays in terms of the conveniences of modern culture… (rhymes with rogerian)

does that mean that scotts have to have the unsubtle appetite of a lion on the savannah with a pack to provide for?

yes. yes it does!
lol

the fun and value of metaphors is (imo): life and reality being but a serial story… metaphor is developed to allow insight beyond a culture’s current vocabulary (or would that be glossary? whatevs) so metaphor is both language, writing pad, pencil and big-assed eraser (the good kind, the blond, squarish slightly crumbly type that all grade school kids wanted and rarely had)…

ya know?

So, now that we’ve had a Reader step up and break the ice on Self-Conscious Pond, would anyone else care to offer an insight/opinion/guess/conjecture or ‘what-it-this’?

If this helps: the Wakefield Doctrine insists on two things:

there are three predominant worldviews (aka personality types) they (all three) are a function of the character of the relationship a person maintains with the world around them starting at the youngest of ages. We all grow up and develop our style/strategy for interacting with the world as we experience it. As a result, those of us who learn and enjoy this little theory can rest assured we have the perfect personality.
the Everything Rule maintains that everyone does everything, at one time or another. which is to say, the three personality types (of the Wakefield Doctrine) are in fact in the same reality. anything one might think applies to one, applies to the other two. it is simply manifested differently, according to the relationship the person we are talking about maintains with the world
only one predominant worldviews to a person (secondary and tertiary aspects having an passing effect is valid)

so to our Friend of the Doctrine’s Comment, consider how ‘appetite’ manifests in the three

clarks (the Outsider) discreet sips/prodigious needs
scotts (the Predator) more fun when it gets on everyone
rogers (the Herd Member) I beg your pardon, one simply must consider not only the arrangement and setting but the very Menu, there is, after all, a Right Way

Weigh in as you would