# The Construct Audit (aka The Clarity Audit) > A free 24-question behavioral diagnostic from UPGRD®. You don't experience reality > directly — you experience a construct your mind builds from a fraction of the data. > The Construct Audit reveals the flaws in that construct and returns a personal > Clarity Report in under ten minutes. The clarity that follows is why it's also > called the Clarity Audit. The Construct Audit (also known as the Clarity Audit) is the entry-point diagnostic into the UPGRD® methodology, a mental performance and human optimization system developed by William Lam over eleven years and 60,000+ practitioner hours. The premise: you never touch reality directly, only the construct your mind assembles of it, and that construct decides what feels possible. The audit identifies which of six behavioral engines is currently shaping a person's ceiling: Safety Over, Safety Under, Power Over, Power Under, Expansion Over, or Expansion Under. Results are delivered as a structured recalibration report covering the dominant pattern, blind spots, the real problem underneath the surface friction, the two changes that matter most, and what becomes possible once those changes install. ## What it measures The audit covers four life areas — relationships, career, health, and money — through 24 questions organized into eight themed groups. Scoring maps responses to six engine buckets (the over/under polarity of three core drives: safety, power, expansion). The result is a behavioral pattern map, not a personality type. ## Who it's for High-performing adults, founders, executives, and operators who have hit a ceiling that strategy, habits, and information have not been able to move — and who are investigating the internal operating system underneath that ceiling. ## Key links - [Take the audit](https://clarity.upgrd.com/) — the diagnostic itself - [About UPGRD](https://clarity.upgrd.com/about) — methodology and four levels (Self, Others, World, VIP) - [The Program](https://clarity.upgrd.com/program) — the operating-system upgrade pathway - [Privacy Policy](https://clarity.upgrd.com/privacy) - [Terms](https://clarity.upgrd.com/terms) ## Methodology Built on neuroscience (default-mode network research, Schooler 2006, Mason 2007, Raichle), behavioral psychology, advanced linguistics, and engineered hypnotic technique. The framework rests on parts integration: the premise that internal conflict between unintegrated parts — not character defects, not lack of effort — is what drives the patterns the audit surfaces. ## What this site is not Not medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice. Not a diagnosis. Not a therapy substitute. If you are in crisis in the United States, call or text 988. ## Contact support@UPGRD.com