A map of being human.
Not one test for everything.
The free three-part portrait at the centre, and the main areas of life around it. We will fill more in over time.
About this map
We want a home for the main parts of being human people actually talk about — traits and temperament, motivation and roles, worldviews and growth, emotion, body, life activity, planning, strengths, mood and wellbeing — and more as we add them. We will not have everything at once, and we are not trying to be the last word on any of it.
In the middle sits what-world-way: What, World, and Way. Three free tests that make a portrait you can share. Other instruments sit around that portrait. We stay out of clinical health and mental-health treatment; rest and ordinary lifestyle sit at the edge of everyday life and body.
Same idea as Open on the portrait — Chameleon on What, White on Way. When one label would not be fair, leave a place open. Better an honest gap than a forced box.
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What · World · Way
Three tests, one portrait: what motivates you, which world feels like home, and the way you tend to move. Free to start; deeper layers later if you want them.
Open What · World · WayAreas of life
Traits, motivation, worldviews, emotion, body, activity, planning, strengths, mood — and the free portrait.
What · World · WayTraits and temperamentMotivation and rolesWorldviews and growthEmotion and relatingBody and sensesLife activityLife planning and meansStrengths and capabilitiesMood and wellbeing
Areas of lifeFamiliar names
A few names people already use — examples only, not our full list. Each opens a short background page for that framework.
- Big FiveFive personality traits · OCEAN · research standard
- JungianSixteen personalities · four letter pairs
- Marston four stylesFour behavioural styles · workplace
- High sensitivity (HSP)Sensory-processing sensitivity · specialty scale
- Character strengthsTwenty-four strengths ranked · IPIP
- Enneagram-shaped role mapsMotivation and roles
- Developmental and values mapsWorldviews and growth