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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 25, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Every…err week, bloggers and thought-typers gather and share the people, places, things and events that have incited, inspired and instigated in us a psycho-spiritual state herein referred to as gratitude. The sharing in manifold, be it Reading the different posts…err posted or writing and linking a post of one’s own creation. It’s fun, simple and beneficial.

Following is the TToT list this week from the Wakefield Doctrine, et al.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) new fave utube channel (a celebration of clarks you would be forgiven for thinking) ‘Make Thing With Hand’ here is a sample post (language Advisory, but funny) ‘The pattern that exposes mammals’ past.’.

6) our property welcomes new fauna: Lynx rufus aka bobcat. So it’s like this, late yesterday afternoon, Phyllis looked out the window of her cottage and saw the bobcat walking down the path (top photo left to right). So, naturally she stepped out onto the patio and the bobcat in a most considerate stopped. Full Disclosure: on a previous occasion, the bobcat was strolling along and Phyllis stood in the doorway (sans phone camera, after all she is not 19 years old). The animal’s demeanor was calm (the bobcat, not Phyllis, ok, she was calm as well). Yesterday’s visit was the first opportunity to get a pitcha. So… taking Mia for her morning walks becomes a new opportunity to develop our mindfulness. (Though Mia would not be perceived as prey by most non-amphetamine-jagged bobcats. We will however be aware of our surroundings. As illustrated in Phyllis’ photo taken from the steps to her cottage, the bobcat appears to be well-fed, healthy and not looking to score.

a little closer you say? sure

7) informal landscaping project down at the pond (aka forgot to take Before photos)

8) something, something

9) Second thistle (in the side-yard meadow)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (From the Book of Secret Rules aka the Secret Book of Rules)

music

in the spirit of Grat #6

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 22, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

working on some technical issues (with this here site here) …standby

whew! that was a relief… just needed to update a couple of apps in the site.

quick RePrint for one reason: a) it’s easier to continue to write than it is to start to write and 2) why not a post about blogs from the Doctrine perspective.

don’t forget! tonight is Wednesday the doors open on the Six Sentence Story bloghop. so be sure to head on down!

the Wakefield Doctrine: a unique, useful and fun approach to personality types…(it will allow you to successfully predict the behavior of other people)

July 10, 2012

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

…a mighty bold claim indeed! The Wakefield Doctrine can, in fact, predict the way that any given person will respond to common, everyday, life situations. With an understanding of the Wakefield Doctrine, what is puzzling (and aggravating!) about the behavior of the people in our everyday lives becomes totally clear, (maybe still aggravating…but clear!)
While the Wakefield Doctrine is a very useful, insightful and revealing approach to a subject that is always on our minds, it is not such a serious, difficult-to-learn Personality Theory. Rather ‘the Doctrine’ is a fun way to know more about your friends and family members and neighbors than you ever thought possible. Here in this blog, there are pages listed that will explain each of the three personality types, but it is/are the Posts where the fun is meant to be found. All of these Posts are, in a sense, a long conversation about the Wakefield Doctrine, where it came from, what it says about personality types and human behavior…how to have fun with it.

The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that we all live in one of three characteristic realities: the world of the outsider (clark), the world of the predator (scott) or the world of the herd member (roger).
We have descriptions of the common behavior exhibited by the three personality types. The goal, however, is not to just match the behavior to the person and then stop. Rather we look for characteristic behavior, then infer (from that) the nature of the personal reality that the person is living in and then we know way all about that particular person. If we have correctly inferred the worldview of the person (as being the world of a clark or a scott or a roger) we can predict how that person will react to any situation! Pretty cool, huh?

Enough of the knowledge, lets get to some of the fun!

(With apologies in advance to Jeff Foxworthy)

If you immediately stop surfing the channels because you come upon a show that uses only black and white documentary photos and film…you might be a roger

If you love Christmas lawn decorations and cannot imagine having too many lights… you might be a scott

If you find a pamphlet stuck under the windshield wiper of your car and you take the time to read it… you might be a clark.

Asked a question and you start your answer with “in the beginning…” you might be a clark.

Someone gets your name wrong and you answer to it without correcting them… you might be a clark.

As a child building model cars, you made sure that the extra parts were put back in the box along with the re-folded instructions for future safekeeping…you might be a roger.

You think that Slacker was the greatest movie made in the 90s…you might be a clark

You think that Borat was one of the funniest movies of the year…you might be a scott

You think that the 107 episode, Directors cut, 15 DVD un-abashed edition of the compilation (with Writers notes (including what he had for breakfast) and voice-over reading of the credits by someone who knew someone who was a re-enactor who actually got hurt at an event) of all Ken Burns films, PBS episodes and commercials that last longer than most readings of the Iliad is the greatest film of all time…you might be a roger

If you have any inclination to wear hats for a fashion statement, or any clothing designed specifically for riding a bicycle (branded or un-branded)…you might be a roger.

You are at a golf tournament and feel that it is expected of the members of the gallery to yell anything (including, but not limited to “get in the hole”)…you might be a scott.

If you are contemplating a project of any sort; building a deck for your house, writing a term paper or planting a garden:

…you look forward to making the list of things you need to buy/gather/acquire first more than anything else…you might be a clark

…you must know what your friends on the ‘do it yourself’ shows have done, that is what you want…you might be a roger

…CONTEMPLATE? PLAN? I JUST FINISHED IT! FUCK YOU ITS DONE NO THIS IS FINE THE WAY IT IS… you might be a scott

That will be quite enough for today. In conversations with the Progenitor roger and scott, I have maintained that the best new rock music is coming from the country guys… I wonder if Ronnie James knows that Jason seems to have appropriated a certain hand gesture…lol

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 18, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A gratitude ‘hop with a difference. All are invited to share the people. places, things and events that have inspired, registered as, incited a condition of gratitude. Willingly or not. All candidates for first-time participation are advised that there is one and only one condition for inclusion into the company of grat bloggers and that is ‘good intent’.

(That’s it on definition, explanation, qualification for taking part in this weekly exercise. Content? Format? Items? Freedom Hall, yo.)

That said, and despite what your parents said to your preadolescent-self the morning of your 2nd day in Junior High School (‘Middle School’ for those of you who are not… old) “Don’t worry you’ll fit right in, you have a lot in common with your classmates.”

Just to be on the safe-side, below is the Wakefield Doctrine’s TToT. (in case you finally realized that your parents were just being kind.) lol

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) the photo above (between Grat #1 and Grat #2?) ….8 years ago! Here (in Grat #5…) the other day. Similar but different.

6) first bloom on thistle (n. dinosauri sticky-thornus)

7) another vid-walk?

8) something, something

9) Hypo-grat. With mid-Summer upon us, the appearance of creatures with way more legs than any lifeform needs. (Really, eight?! Four works for pretty much anything not flying and, not for nothin’, the human race gots only two and… apex predator yo. I will say, before I get a note from Mimi (the Overseerini of hypo-grats) tht fortunately the ones showing up on the lawn are… of a size. And simply put, there ain’t enough food in the house to sustain them for more than one American International matinee.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

* could stand to hear some vintage Tina S, ya know?

* no, no! don’t turn off the WayBack machine, not quite yet

Filed Under: Featured, Psychology, the Wakefield Doctrine Tagged With: relationships, the Wakefield Doctrine, Understanding Human Behavior

Whenzdae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 15, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Being Summer, lets run with a ‘Summer School’ schtick. Everone’s minds being elsewhere, it only makes sense.

If we come up with something original(ish) we’ll, like, use blue font. aiight?

“block quotes and bullet points” the Wakefield Doctrine 3 personality types…easy to learn, fun to use

September 3, 2012

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

I was sitting on my deck this afternoon, watching our dog, Una. Our yard is fairly small but is surrounded by a pine woods. Una was sitting on the lawn, watching the woods for intruders and other threats and I sat in my chair staring at the woods. All of a sudden there was a sound of cracking wood and through a nearby grove of trees, I watched a medium size tree fall. Accompanied by the sound of splintering tree limbs and cracking wood, it fell over. Without thinking and in a fairly loud voice, “I heard that!” in the silence that followed, I started laughing. (From …Tales of clarks)

The Wakefield Doctrine, today’s Post Title tells us, purports to be easy to learn and fun to use. Two questions:

how easy

what the hell do you mean ‘use‘

Easy as pie! To be honest* it would be better to describe the process (of learning the Doctrine) as being simple, rather than easy. Simple for those Readers with the quality of flexible intelligence, those who are comfortable using their imagination as well as they brains. The good news is, that if you are still reading this Post, you no doubt qualify.
See? That was pretty damn easy, non?

Use (our little Doctrine) in whatever manner you feel gives you the maximum benefit. This is where the Wakefield Doctrine totally has the advantage over those other personality theories! Learn about the three worldviews that are the foundation of the Doctrine and you can:

amuse yourself watching people, people you know, people you don’t know.

amuse your friends

improve your own life, break habits…get new ones!

hang out (virtualistically speaking) with people from all the hell over the globe, the people who come here and learn the Doctrine

be a part of something that no one else in your family/group of friends/co-workers even come close to knowing about

So… since today is Monday/not-Monday go ahead and give the Wakefield Doctrine a try! Have some fun with it. …you know, (I’m talking to the clarks out there) you will have some questions, ask us and we will answer. I personally guarantee that you will not regret asking the questions… because it is nearly totally certain that one of us have had the same concern. Come on! you know you want to…lol

* always suspect the person is lying when you hear a statement like this! As our Wikipedian friends would have us understand:
Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection )

How about a little borrowed music?

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2zd8 -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Frank has, as Readers often do, provided us with launching point for today’s post in the form of his Comment on yesterday’s.

I was trying to decide which of these personality types is the best, but I am glad to find out that “We all have (the) perfect personality type.” The one I have is perfect.

Someone’s been doing their reading! lol

As stated, ad astra, the Wakefield Doctrine holds that we, all of us, settle into one (of three) characteristic relationships with the world around us. We then proceed to grow up and mature. And, in doing so, develop those social strategies, perceptual biases, habitual preferences and stubborn resistances. aka we develop a personality in response to the reality in which we live.

To use ourself as example: we found ourselves in a (personal) reality that seemed to have a slight (just a little, not all the time, just occasionally), tendency to blindspot us. Nothing weird or crazy just that clearly to our very young eyes (and ancient soul) we were overlooked at times. Comparing our estimation of our role/status in the family unit, there clearly was a touch missing in the quality of our belonging-ness. It became obvious that most everyone in our single-digit-life experience knew something we did not. Not for nothin’ we were already being told that we lived, at least part of the time, in a world of our own, a ‘dream world’ according to parents and teachers and such. The only honest conclusion to a four or five year old was that we missed a class in ‘Being a Part of’ Not good. Naturally we began looking for the missing information.

For a person living in the world of the Outsider (clarks) that is a decent description of a perfect personality… (again with the ellipsisesses!!) given the conditions we found ourselfs in.

ProTip: if you already know your (Wakefield Doctrine) personality type, you can go back in your memory and see how your personal choices were geared and set to maximize your efforts to thrive and grow. (Unless you’re a roger. In which case nothing you ‘remember’ coincides with our little explanation. oh well, what’re ya gonna do? There’s always Briggs,Stratton, Oscar & Myers ERBW f system of personality types! lol)

Dovetailing perfectly with yesterday’s closing ellipsis

Which is not a bad thing provided you want to be able to…

increase your ability to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

ok running out of time… Tuesday tend towards that

fine, nothing gigantically original in this:: our ambition/the Doctrine’s Mission Statement/walk a mile in another’s moccasins

we would submit that this sentiment, that of holding identification (with another) as the next level of the classic: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’

this because one is transaction, the other is not.

Tomorrow!! More of this what’s the good of considering the other person if there ain’t nothin in it for us?