Fortress Assessment - Fortress of Integrity Fortress Assessment

What Condition is Your Fortress In?

This assessment contains 30 statements across the six pillars of Fortress of Integrity.

For each statement, choose the response that most accurately reflects your life as it is today. Don’t answer based on where you think you should be or where you hope to be.

There are no perfect results. This is simply a starting point for understanding the current condition of your fortress.

30 statements • 6 pillars • 5-part lens • Condition → Pattern → Priority

How to Answer

Choose a rating for each statement and record the number as you go. At the end of each pillar, add your five ratings together to see its current condition.

Rate each statement from 1 to 5 based on how accurately it describes your life today.

1 — Strongly Disagree
2 — Disagree
3 — Neither Agree nor Disagree
4 — Agree
5 — Strongly Agree

Keep track of each number as you go. At the end of each pillar, you’ll add your five responses together.

The Six Areas of Your Fortress

Your fortress is supported by six interconnected areas:

Financial • Relationships • Mental • Physical • Spiritual • Emotional

This assessment looks at each area individually while also helping you recognize patterns across your life as a whole.

You’ll move through each pillar using the same five-part lens:

Awareness → Maintenance → Resilience → Intentionality → Direction

The purpose isn’t to judge where you are. It’s to help you see clearly where your attention may have the greatest impact.

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You do not need to strengthen everything at once. You just need to know where to begin.

Financial

Your Financial pillar reflects how clearly and intentionally you understand, manage, prepare for, and direct the resources entrusted to you.

Awareness

I have a clear understanding of my current financial situation, including my income, expenses, debts, savings, and major financial obligations.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Maintenance

I consistently manage my regular spending, financial obligations, saving, and debt in ways that generally reflect my priorities.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Resilience

I have enough financial margin, resources, or a realistic plan for building them to better handle unexpected expenses, income disruptions, or changes in circumstances.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Intentionality

I actively plan and prepare for future financial needs rather than relying primarily on things working themselves out.

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Direction

The financial decisions I am making today are moving me toward the life I want to build.

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Your Financial Score

Add your five ratings:

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

21–25 — Strong
This pillar appears to be functioning as a source of strength and stability. Continue maintaining it intentionally.

16–20 — Stable
You have a workable foundation here, although there may be specific areas worth strengthening.

11–15 — Needs Attention
This pillar may be creating strain or may not be receiving the attention it needs.

5–10 — Under Pressure
This pillar deserves closer attention. That does not mean everything is failing. It means this may be an important place to begin strengthening.

Record your Financial score: ___ / 25

Relationships

Your Relationships pillar reflects the quality, health, and intentionality of the relationships that matter most, including how you communicate, maintain connection, handle strain, and contribute to the relationships you are building.

Awareness

I have a realistic understanding of the health of my important relationships, including where connection is strong, where strain exists, and how my own behavior contributes.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Maintenance

I consistently invest time, attention, and care in the relationships that matter most to me.

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Resilience

When conflict, disappointment, or change affects an important relationship, I can address it constructively and work toward repair or healthy adjustment when appropriate.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Intentionality

I make deliberate choices about the boundaries, expectations, and commitments I bring to my relationships rather than simply reacting to circumstances or unhealthy patterns.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Direction

The relationships I am cultivating, and the way I show up in them, are helping me build the kind of relational life I want for my future.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Your Relationships Score

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

Use the same scale:

21–25 — Strong

16–20 — Stable

11–15 — Needs Attention

5–10 — Under Pressure

Record your Relationships score: ___ / 25

Mental

Your Mental pillar reflects how intentionally you develop your thinking, judgment, knowledge, and ability to adapt, including what influences your mind and how you respond to challenges.

Awareness

I recognize the thoughts, beliefs, habits, and mental patterns that influence how I respond to challenges and make decisions.

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Maintenance

I regularly engage in activities that strengthen my thinking, expand my understanding, challenge my assumptions, or help me develop new skills.

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Resilience

When I experience setbacks, uncertainty, or difficult circumstances, I can adapt my thinking and continue moving forward.

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Intentionality

I am intentional about what I allow to influence my thinking, including the information, media, conversations, and ideas I regularly consume.

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Direction

The way I am developing my thinking, knowledge, judgment, and abilities is helping prepare me for the person I want to become and the life I want to build.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Your Mental Score

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

Use the same scale:

21–25 — Strong

16–20 — Stable

11–15 — Needs Attention

5–10 — Under Pressure

Record your Relationships score: ___ / 25

Physical

Your Physical pillar reflects how consistently you care for your body, energy, health, and recovery through the habits and choices that support your everyday capacity.

Awareness

I have a realistic understanding of my current physical condition, including the habits and behaviors that are helping or hurting my health and energy.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Maintenance

I consistently take meaningful action to care for my body through areas such as movement, nutrition, sleep, recovery, and appropriate preventive care.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Resilience

My physical health and habits give me enough energy, strength, and capacity to handle everyday demands and recover when stress, illness, or disruptions affect my normal routine.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Intentionality

I make deliberate choices about my physical health rather than allowing convenience, stress, or unhealthy habits to make those choices for me.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Direction

The way I care for my body today is helping me build the health and physical capability I want for my future.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Your Physical Score

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

Use the same scale:

21–25 — Strong

16–20 — Stable

11–15 — Needs Attention

5–10 — Under Pressure

Record your Relationships score: ___ / 25

Spiritual

Your Spiritual pillar reflects the beliefs, values, practices, and convictions that shape your sense of meaning, guide your choices, and help provide direction through different seasons of life.

Awareness

I have a clear and growing understanding of my spiritual beliefs, values, and convictions and how they influence the way I live.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Maintenance

I regularly make time for practices that strengthen my spiritual life, such as prayer, reflection, worship, study, meditation, or other meaningful spiritual disciplines.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Resilience

During difficult or uncertain seasons, my spiritual foundation provides perspective, strength, hope, or guidance that helps me continue forward.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Intentionality

I deliberately consider my spiritual beliefs, values, and convictions when making choices about how I live.

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Direction

My spiritual life is helping guide me toward a clearer sense of meaning, purpose, and the kind of person I want to become.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Your Spiritual Score

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

Use the same scale:

21–25 — Strong

16–20 — Stable

11–15 — Needs Attention

5–10 — Under Pressure

Record your Relationships score: ___ / 25

Emotional

Your Emotional pillar reflects how well you recognize, process, and respond to your emotions, including your ability to regain stability, make thoughtful choices, and continue growing through difficult experiences.

Awareness

I can recognize and identify what I am feeling and understand many of the circumstances, thoughts, or experiences contributing to those emotions.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Maintenance

I regularly make space to process my emotions in healthy ways rather than ignoring, suppressing, or avoiding them.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Resilience

When I experience strong or difficult emotions, I can work through them and regain enough stability to make thoughtful decisions and respond constructively.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Intentionality

I deliberately choose how I respond to my emotions rather than automatically reacting from them.

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Direction

The way I am developing emotionally is helping me become more mature, stable, self-aware, and capable of responding well to the life I want to build.

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1 = Strongly Disagree • 5 = Strongly Agree

Your Emotional Score

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ___ / 25

Use the same scale:

21–25 — Strong

16–20 — Stable

11–15 — Needs Attention

5–10 — Under Pressure

Record your Relationships score: ___ / 25

Your Fortress at a Glance

Now bring your six scores together.

21–25 — Strong • 16–20 — Stable • 11–15 — Needs Attention • 5–10 — Under Pressure

Pillar	Score	Condition
Financial	___ / 25
Relationships	___ / 25
Mental	___ / 25
Physical	___ / 25
Spiritual	___ / 25
Emotional	___ / 25

Take a moment before moving on.

What stands out?

You may have one pillar that is clearly under greater pressure than the others. You may also notice several areas clustered together.

Remember: the goal is not perfect balance.

Different seasons of life place different demands on different parts of the fortress.

Look One Layer Deeper

Your pillar scores tell you about the condition of different areas of your life.

The Five-Lens framework can help you recognize a pattern across those areas.

Each pillar used the same five lenses:

Awareness • Maintenance • Resilience • Intentionality • Direction

If you want to go deeper, add together your ratings for the same lens across all six pillars.

Awareness

Financial ___ + Relationships ___ + Mental ___ + Physical ___ + Spiritual ___ + Emotional ___

Awareness total: ___ / 30

Maintenance

Financial ___ + Relationships ___ + Mental ___ + Physical ___ + Spiritual ___ + Emotional ___

Maintenance total: ___ / 30

Resilience

Financial ___ + Relationships ___ + Mental ___ + Physical ___ + Spiritual ___ + Emotional ___

Resilience total: ___ / 30

Intentionality

Financial ___ + Relationships ___ + Mental ___ + Physical ___ + Spiritual ___ + Emotional ___

Intentionality total: ___ / 30

Direction

Financial ___ + Relationships ___ + Mental ___ + Physical ___ + Spiritual ___ + Emotional ___

Direction total: ___ / 30

Now compare the five totals.

You do not need to label them good or bad.

Instead, ask:

Which lens scored lowest?

Which lens scored highest?

Does that pattern appear in several different areas of your life?

For example, several pillars may score reasonably well overall while Maintenance consistently scores lower. That may suggest that your biggest opportunity is not knowing what needs to change—it may be consistently maintaining what already matters.

Condition → Pattern → Priority

You have now looked at your fortress from two directions.

Condition — What is the current state of each pillar?

Pattern — What tendencies appear across your whole fortress?

Now comes the most important part:

Priority.

Your System Priority

Looking only at your assessment results, which pillar appears to need the most attention?

We call this your System Priority. It is the starting point suggested by the pattern in your assessment results.

Your Chosen Priority

Now ask yourself:

Which area, if strengthened now, would have the greatest positive effect on the rest of my life?

This is your Chosen Priority.

Your System Priority and Chosen Priority may be the same. They do not have to be.

Your scores cannot know everything about your responsibilities, circumstances, season of life, values, or commitments. The assessment provides information. You still make the decision.

Choose One Place to Begin

“You have now done something important.”

You have taken an honest look at the current condition of your fortress.

You do not need to repair everything today.

Choose one intentional step that would begin strengthening your chosen priority.

The area I am choosing to strengthen:

One action I can take:

When I will take it:

Continue Building Your Fortress

The six pillars do not operate independently. Strengthening one area can often create positive effects in others.

Your next step is to learn how the six areas of your fortress work together and how intentional maintenance can help prevent temporary strain from becoming lasting deterioration.

Explore the Six Pillars