Ximena Vengeochea on The Life Audit: How to Reevaluate Your Goals and Reclaim Your Path

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Erik Fisher

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Careers, Education

4.5 • 875 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, Ximena Vengeochea, author of The Life Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Goals and Building the Life You Want, shares her approach to re-evaluating life’s priorities and making intentional changes. Ximena, a former LinkedIn leader, uses her background in user research to help others take a fresh, introspective approach to crafting the life they truly want. In this conversation, we explore: • The Life Audit Concept: Ximena discusses the origins of the Life Audit and how applying the tools from user research can help us examine our own desires, goals, and life direction. • Generative Phase of the Life Audit: We dive into the brainstorming process, where Ximena recommends taking an hour to jot down all your desires—no matter how big or small—and explore how to get started without self-censorship. • Analyzing Your Desires: Ximena shares how grouping and recognizing patterns in your wishes can uncover deeper insights into what’s important to you, and how to let go of societal “shoulds.” • Turning Insights into Action: Ximena explains how to break down big dreams into smaller, actionable goals, and how to prioritize the most meaningful goals for your year ahead. • Creating Space for Self-Reflection: Ximena emphasizes how making space for introspection allows our true desires to emerge amidst the noise of external expectations and pressures. Ximena’s methodical yet flexible approach helps you reconnect with your intuition, allowing you to align your life’s decisions with what truly matters to you. Whether you’re experiencing a career shift, entering a new phase of life, or just need a reset, the Life Audit process is a powerful tool for reflection and transformation. Learn more about Ximena and her work at XimenaVengeochea.com, and find The Life Audit and its companion journal wherever books are sold. Connect with Erik: LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky This Podcast is Powered By: Descript Descript 101 Castmagic Ecamm Podpage Rodecaster Pro Top Productivity Books List Make sure to support the show by checking out the sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	You know, Hello and welcome back to beyond the to-do list, a podcast about productivity.
0:51.5	I'm your host, Eric Fisher, and I'm excited to share with you a conversation
0:54.6	I had welcoming back Hemena Vengocea to the show. She's the author of The Life Audit,
1:01.2	a step-by-step guide to discovering your goals and building the life you want. And in this
1:06.2	conversation, we talk about how to use the methodical life audit process to dig deeper into your true desires and goals.
1:14.8	And Hemena explains how to start with a brainstorming phase to capture what you want,
1:19.7	then analyze and group them to see patterns, and finally break them down into actionable steps for the next year.
1:26.9	If you're looking to align your daily actions with your long-term goals,
1:31.7	this conversation with Homena Vengocea will provide the framework you need to do just that.
1:40.2	Well, it is my privilege to welcome back to the show.
1:42.9	Hemena Vengoceya, welcome back to beyond the
1:45.8	to do list. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be back. I am thrilled to have you back.
1:50.6	I loved having our first episode and our first conversation. In fact, I was thinking about maybe
1:55.3	re-releasing that and then releasing this right after so people could find it quickly and easily, although I'll
2:01.4	link up to it in the show notes. But you've got a great brand new bookout and a journal to go with
2:07.4	it. And it's called The Life Audit, a step-by-step guide to discovering your goals and building
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