Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Day 2 in our series looking at the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine: ‘scotts act‘
One thing we will never be accused of, here at the Wakefield Doctrine, is being stingy with the metaphors. And, scotts? oh man! they are the living, walking, talking, running examples of why God made more metaphors than similes. But first a few basics
(New Readers? The three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine are usually referred to as (a person’s) predominant worldview. This refers to the idea that we, all of us, grow up and develop in one of three realities: the reality of the Outsider(clarks), the life of the Predator(scotts) and the world of the Herd Member(rogers). Our ‘personality types’ are what they are, because that particular set of strategies and adaptations work best for us, given the world, as we experience it. Today we are taking a closer look at scotts.)(oh, yeah),
Reminder: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender, age and culture neutral. And of the three, surely our scottian friends are the best of illustrations. Both female and male scotts are: aggressive, confident, acquisitive, social, sexually-(…er, everything). The difference between the two merely reflects of how their aggressiveness (confidences, acquisitiveness…etc) manifests itself in people, i.e. gender.
Hey! if today’s post seems a little…patchwork, strike-through and generally ‘haphazardly ad-hoc’d’. well…. one word: this is a post about scotts
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Enjoy and, if you stop back later in the day, there is a better than even chance there will be other items duct-taped to the post and/or scrawled in the margins.
scotts live for the moment and have little time for reflection-for-it’s-sake, introspection for any reason other than to remember where he/she left their car keys and they are certain that life, today, is meant to be lived. As much as possible. If you want something done, call a scott (if you want something done properly, call a roger).
A scott never saw a ladder that they didn’t climb (until they fell or someone convinced them there was something more interesting on the ground). scotts are the archetypical police officer, provided the job description includes: ‘Must be comfortable in dangerous and threatening situations…at night; not be afraid of driving very fast, with sirens blaring and, if necessary, shooting guns; should have a natural aptitude for chasing down criminals and people running away and, upon capturing them, restraining them with handcuffs, closed windows and the promise of worse outcomes.‘
There is a saying among scotts” ‘I scream, therefore I am’ … and ‘a scott alone in a room...isn’t‘
They are your best friend and most reliable source of secondary public embarrassment. scotts helped you get into trouble in grade school, get social in high school and get good grades in college.
At every good-sized family reunion/summer get-together a male scott will be heard to say, “Do you have any more starter fluid? These two are empty.” and a scottian female very possibly might ask, of the thicket of men and boys sprouting up in her path, “Do think this bikini is too small?”
In the workplace: the go-to-guy, his/her first day on the job is a scott. scotts make outstanding salespeople and terrible managers.
Temper? welll! I’d say so. They invented the word mercurial just for our scottian friends. But loyal? Defend the pack to her death? Not even imagine hesitating… the personification of ‘best defense is a good (and totally overwhelming, not-even-close to measured) offense’? You’ve gone to the right personality type.
Quick: Last time you were in a line that seemed to never end. Did you:
- consider whether anyone would see you if you slipped out the back
- ask the person nearest you if ‘this was anyway to run a: a)supermarket; b)carnival ride or c) DMV’ and find something nasty to say about the person four people ahead of you in line
- laugh, say to the nearest person in, ‘This has gotta be the slowest (expletive optional) line I’ve ever been in….’ walk up the line chatting with the people in line, return to your place in line and say in a loud voice, “Hurry up!” …and laugh
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character of the scottian personality type:
- scotts are ‘natural’ leaders (because they are certain, not necessarily right, but certain).
- scotts are emotional in a way different from rogers. It is spontaneous emotion, there is very little holding of grudges, mercurial is the best descriptor for their emotional environment.
- In a band it is always a scott who is the ‘front man’, they are natural performers, entertainers
- At a party scotts will not hesitate to introduce themselves (to everyone), they will always, ‘work the room’ moving from person to person, group to group
- For the most part, when confronted with a threat, a scott will choose to attack rather than flee, however if it is clearly a ‘no win’ a scott may chose ‘flight’
- scottian females can be remarkably sexy or intelligent and even witty, but hardly ever both.
The heck with all the words and analysis… wanna see a (male*) scott? (some adult language)
(Spoiler Alert! I just watched the vid clip. Jeez Loueez, what a perfect portrayal of not only the scottian personality type (David Caruso) but of the clark (Robert DeNiro and, for good measure and symmetry, a roger (the guy wearing a hat, of course!)
* ya know, ’cause we mentioned it at the top of the post, the Wakefield Doctrine is gender neutral
