I am using the three questions proposed by James Clear:
- What are the core values that drive my life and work?
- How am I living and working with integrity right now?
- How can I set a higher standard in the future?
Here are probing questions tailored to help me consistently reflect on and align with my core values — health, relationships, money, culture, growth, and time. (You are welcome to replicate these questions for your Integrity Report, or you can develop your own using the core values checklist.) I use these prompts weekly to revisit my core values and consider whether I am aligned and living up to them. I have been tracking my core values for over 25 years, but if you are starting, you can verify your core values quarterly to ensure that you are tracking the right ones. Each question is designed to challenge assumptions, spark awareness, and encourage intentional action:
🧠 Health (Temperance, Moderation, Cleanliness)
- Am I honoring my body’s needs today, or just pushing through discomfort?
- What recent habits or choices are either supporting or sabotaging my long-term vitality?
- Is my mental health getting the attention and care it deserves?
- Have I built recovery or rest into my schedule as seriously as I do activity or work?
- Am I choosing foods, movement, and sleep patterns that truly serve me, or are they driven by convenience or impulse?
❤️ Relationships (Trustworthiness, Belonging, Usefulness, Harmony)
- Have I truly listened to someone I care about this week without needing to fix or respond?
- Am I showing up in my relationships as the person I want to be, or defaulting to old patterns?
- What difficult conversation have I been avoiding, and why?
- Who in my life energizes me, and who depletes me?
- Do I give the same grace and attention to my closest people as I do to strangers or colleagues?
💰 Money (Freedom, Order, Frugality, Industry)
- Are my current financial choices aligned with my future vision, or are they merely satisfying the present moment?
- Is my spending a reflection of my values or a reaction to stress, boredom, or comparison?
- What part of my financial life am I avoiding — and what’s the cost of that avoidance?
- Am I investing in tools, education, or assets that grow my wealth and peace of mind?
- If I reviewed my budget or bank statement today, would it reflect who I say I want to be?
🌍 Culture (Authenticity, Justice)
- How am I preserving, honoring, or evolving the traditions and values I’ve inherited?
- Am I seeking voices and perspectives different from my own — and actually listening?
- Where in my life do I conform out of comfort, rather than contribute with purpose?
- Do I use my voice or platform to elevate the culture I believe in, or do I stay silent?
- Am I engaging with my community in ways that feel meaningful or just performative?
📈 Growth (Resolute, Creativity, Performance)
- What challenge am I currently leaning into — and what am I learning from it?
- When was the last time I intentionally did something that scared me?
- Is my schedule a reflection of growth, or just maintenance?
- Am I growing by design or drifting by default?
- What am I consuming (books, media, conversations) — and is it expanding me or keeping me stagnant?
⏳ Time (Resolute, Efficiency, Balance)
- Am I spending my time on what matters most, or what feels most urgent?
- Where am I leaking time on distractions, indecision, or avoidance?
- Does my calendar reflect my priorities, or someone else’s agenda?
- What would I do differently today if I treated time as sacred and non-renewable?
- Am I allowing enough unstructured time for reflection, rest, or creativity?
- When I say “I don’t have time,” is it really a matter of time — or of priorities and boundaries?
- Am I present in the moments I’m living, or mentally somewhere else?
- Is my sense of urgency driven by values, or by fear and pressure?
🌿 Peace (Stillness, Chastity, Trust)
🧠 Mental Stillness
- What thoughts or mental loops are keeping me from experiencing calm right now?
- Am I trying to solve or control something that would be better met with surrender?
- Have I given myself enough mental space to simply be today?
💓 Emotional Peace
- What emotion am I resisting that may settle if I fully feel it?
- Who or what have I not forgiven yet, and what part of me stays unsettled as a result?
- Am I reacting or responding — and what would peace choose?
🕯️ Environmental Stillness
- What in my environment (digital, physical, relational) is contributing to noise?
- When was the last time I sat in silence — and why haven’t I returned to it?
- Where can I subtract to make space for calm?
🧭 Spiritual / Existential Peace
- What deeper truth or principle can I return to right now to restore stillness?
- Do I trust life to unfold without my interference? Where am I forcing instead of flowing?
- What does “enough” feel like — and how can I live more from that place?
Bonus: You can see the core values of Benjamin Franklin and how he tracked them
🧭 Core Values Integrity Tracker (Weekly Format)
📅 Week of: _____________
Rate each value area on a scale of 1–5
(1 = Neglected, 5 = Aligned and Engaged)
Then answer ONE probing question (or more) per value.
1. Health (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- What habit this week most supported or harmed my physical or mental well-being?
- Did I intentionally prioritize sleep, movement, and nutrition?
- Am I running on stress or rooted in balance?
Reflection (1–2 sentences):
2. Relationships (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- Who did I connect with meaningfully this week?
- Did I show up authentically and with presence?
- Is there a conversation I’m avoiding that I need to have?
Reflection:
3. Money (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- Did my spending reflect my values or my impulses?
- Did I make progress toward any financial goals?
- Where did I avoid looking at or managing my finances?
Reflection:
4. Culture (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- How did I honor my roots or engage with my community?
- Did I learn something new from a different perspective?
- Where did I trade authenticity for comfort?
Reflection:
5. Growth (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- What did I do this week that challenged me?
- Did I carve out time to learn, reflect, or stretch myself?
- What discomfort am I currently leaning into?
Reflection:
6. Time (Score: ____ /5)
Probing Questions:
- Did my use of time reflect my actual priorities?
- Where did I lose time to distraction or avoidance?
- What would I do differently if I had this week again?
Reflection:
📊 Weekly Summary
| Value | Score (/5) |
|---|---|
| Health | |
| Relationships | |
| Money | |
| Culture | |
| Growth | |
| Time | |
| Total | /30 |
Overall insight or theme this week:
🧭 Detailed Weekly Integrity Review Template
📅 Week of: _____________
🔹 1. HEALTH (Physical, Mental, Preventative)
Score: ___ /5
Checklist Prompts:
- How’s your energy throughout the day?
- Is your breathing, hydration, and digestion in check?
- What’s your range of motion (ROM) — e.g., shoulders, hips, legs?
- Do you know your latest HDL, LDL, and blood sugars?
- How are your recovery patterns (sleep, stress, inflammation)?
- Did you experience any pain, stiffness, or fatigue?
Reflection:
What signals from your body need more attention right now?
🔹 2. TIME & QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL)
Score: ___ /5
Deep-Dive Prompts:
- Was that a good use of my time?
- What made this week a win (or not)?
- What lesson did I learn?
- What’s missing that should’ve been there?
- Who didn’t get enough of my time? Who got too much?
- What one decision wasted the most time this week?
- What will I do differently this year?
Experiential Prompts (Y/N or Reflect):
- Did I experience awe, novelty, humor, connection, rest, intensity, pleasure?
- Was there a physically intense or emotionally moving moment?
- Did I laugh deeply or feel spiritually grounded?
Reflection:
How aligned is your lived experience with what matters most?
🔹 3. CNC – Relationships, Connections, Network
Score: ___ /5
Key Prompts:
- Who can I call at 2am?
- Who are the 20% that give me 80% of help/love/energy?
- Who am I a great dollar value to — and do they know it?
- Who’s having life changes (title, office, location, family)?
- Who do I know in this city? Who do I share schools/clubs/interests with?
- Who gives me energy — and who drains it?
- Who did I have a “wow” moment with this month?
- What network “threads” can be meaningfully pulled this week?
Reflection:
Where do I need to reconnect, recalibrate, or deepen relationships?
🔹 4. MONEY – Income, Value Creation, Business Engine
Score: ___ /5
Financial Probes:
- What maximizes resources or increases cash flow?
- What financial or personal losses require follow-up?
- What active projects are currently monetizing? Are they moving?
- What project is stuck or unclosed — why?
- What problems do I solve, and who pays for that solution?
- Am I adding new streams (e.g., business, dance, photography, software)?
Performance Prompts:
- What is our USP (unique selling point)? What can we say that others can’t?
- What client experience made someone return or refer?
- What is blocking a high-ROI change? What would it take to act now?
- Are we product or marketing-focused? When was the last time we updated our messaging?
- Who’s overperforming/underperforming — and why?
Reflection:
What’s the most leveraged move I can make financially this month?
🔹 5. KX – Knowledge, Execution, Growth
Score: ___ /5
Learning & Strategy Probes:
- What are you trying to learn this week/month?
- What is your learning plan and execution cadence?
- Are you focused on big picture design or hour-by-hour action?
- What are the top-of-mind themes, ideas, or questions energizing you?
- What’s inspiring your creativity, love, or output?
- What are you getting from current books/podcasts/mentors?
- What new widgets/tools/skills did you add to your tool bag?
Execution Checks:
- What is truly urgent vs important?
- What will collapse if not handled now, and is it essential?
- What are your in-demand skills, and how are they evolving?
- Are you consistently doing the habits that made you successful?
Reflection:
Based on what I know now, what will I do differently starting today?
🔹 6. CULTURE – Identity, Tradition, Belonging
Score: ___ /5
Probes:
- How did I honor or express my cultural identity or community this week?
- Did I learn from or connect with someone of a different background?
- Did I contribute to something bigger than myself?
- What traditions, events, or rituals kept me anchored?
- Where did I feel cultural alignment or disconnect?
Reflection:
Where does culture need to play a larger role in my life?
🕊 7. PEACE – Inner Calm, Clarity, Regulation, Stillness
Score: ___ /5
Self-Regulation & Emotional Check-ins:
- Did I feel emotionally grounded most of the week, or was I reactive?
- Where did I respond with clarity instead of chaos?
- What unspoken tension am I holding — mentally or emotionally?
- Did I create space for stillness, meditation, silence, or deep breaths?
- How well did I sleep, and did I feel safe in my nervous system?
Alignment & Acceptance:
- Did my actions reflect my true self, or was I performing for approval?
- Where did I experience peace not as relief, but as alignment?
- Am I at peace with my current pace of life, or fighting it?
- What judgments or attachments can I let go of this week?
- Where in my life do I need less effort and more ease?
Presence & Flow:
- What moments this week felt timeless, fully present, or free of worry?
- When did I last exhale with complete surrender?
- Who or what brings peace into my life, and am I making space for them?
Reflection:
What is trying to teach me peace right now — if I slowed down enough to notice?
Final Peace-Oriented Reflection:
- What did peace feel like this week, and what disrupted it?
- What one decision, habit, or boundary could give me more peace next week?
🔚 Final Summary
| Core Value | Score (/5) | Summary Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Health | ||
| Time/QOL | ||
| Relationships (CNC) | ||
| Money | ||
| Growth (KX) | ||
| Culture | ||
| Peace | ||
| Total | /35 |
Biggest win of the week:
Biggest lesson or correction needed:
One intention to carry into next week:
