MN Situation Map™ · $197

Why your current work feels harder than it should — and what you could do about it.

MNTEST shows what kind of work your mind is built for. The MN Situation Map takes that and looks at your actual job — what it's asking of you, what it gives back, and where it's wearing you down.

Written diagnostic report

Profile + Situation

A written report on why your current work is hard and where you could go instead.

What you get

By the end you'll be able to name three things you couldn't before: where the strain in your current work is actually coming from, what you keep pushing on that isn't going to change, and what you could actually do next.

Profile

What kind of work your mind is actually built for.

Situation intake

What is happening, what is working, and what feels stuck.

Situation reading

What's working, what's grinding you down, and what you could try instead.

A clear look at your situation

Not a list of what you're good at. A look at your actual day-to-day — what your job is asking of you, what kind of person you are, and where the two are pulling in different directions.

What's working and what's wearing you out

The work you're already doing that fits, and the work you're carrying at a cost that doesn't show up in a performance review.

Where to move next

Specific, named directions. Not advice. The report shows what's already going in your favor and what to stop banging your head against.

See a sample

An MN Situation Map for a fictional case — James Kowalski, retired firefighter at thirty-two years in. Same process, same level of detail, same kind of report you'd get.

Web-based Map Download PDF Get the free Situation book

How it works

1

Buy access. One payment, $197.

2

Complete the intake. We send you a link in two parts: the MNTEST assessment (about 15 minutes, included) and a short intake where you describe what's happening, what's working, and what feels stuck. You can write or dictate.

3

Receive the result. A trained practitioner goes through everything you sent — usually about two hours — and writes up your Map: what's working for you, what's wearing you down, and what you could do differently.

The dimension Duckworth is now naming

Angela Duckworth's book Situated (Scribner, September 2026) asks a question most personality tests skip: what is your actual job asking of you, and what is it costing you to keep showing up for it? The MN Situation Map was built around that question. It has been central to this work for decades.

More on Duckworth and the Situation question

Read Before You Start Again free

Know where you stand.

The Map gives you language for what you already feel but can't act on — what's draining you, what fits, and where you have room to go.