A man gets asked how he's doing and says "good, busy." He has said it four hundred times this year. It is not a lie, exactly — it is a version with the numbers taken out.
Put two men in the same position, and the first one describes it: things got hard, people let me down, rough stretch. The second one counts it. Hours slept. Days trained. Who would take his call at two in the morning. Same position, and only one of them is standing on something he can build on.
This audit puts the numbers back.
Eighteen binary questions, six pillars, three tiers — one page of numbers
Not a personality test — you either meet the standard or you do not
Score in binary — partial credit is where the story gets back in
Ten pages, about fifteen minutes. Print it before you fill it in
THE SIX PILLARS AUDIT · TEN PAGES · FREE
SIX PILLARS / THREE TIERS
I trained on at least 8 of the last 14 days.
In the last 90 days, someone more skilled than me corrected me — and I stayed on the mat.
Yesterday I executed my primary goal without negotiating the start.
After my last setback, I took a concrete action within 24 hours — before the story about it was finished.
I can state, in one sentence, the code I answer to.
There is one man who has seen my real numbers — not the story. The numbers.
The man who wants to know where he actually stands, not where he says he does
Anyone willing to complete it in ink — 1 or 0, no partial credit
Men who will repeat it in 30 days and put the two pages side by side
A grade, or science — it is a mirror with numbers on it
A diagnosis — it does not diagnose, treat, or cure anything
A low score, honestly counted, is worth more than a high one that was negotiated. The floor is not the enemy. The floor is ground.
IVAN RODRIGUEZ
GRIT & GRACE · VANCOUVER, BC
One email, and the audit lands in your inbox. Then, now and again, a note from me on the work — the numbers, the drills, and the part the story leaves out.