{"id":132637,"date":"2021-12-27T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=132637"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:31:19","slug":"new-years-reflection-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/new-years-reflection-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #671: Begin the New Year by Reflecting on These 3 Life-Changing Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: This is a re-broadcast. This episode originally aired in December 2020. <\/em><\/p>\n

As one year ends and another begins, it’s natural to reflect on both the past and the future — who we were, who we are, and who we want to become.<\/p>\n

My guest today offers three questions that can help make that self-reflection truly fruitful, insightful, and possibly even life-changing. His name is Gregg Krech, he’s executive director of the ToDo Institute<\/a>, which promotes principles of psychology based on Eastern traditions, and the author of Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection<\/em><\/a>. Gregg and I begin our conversation with what Naikan is, and how this structured method of self-reflection can hold up a mirror to your life, helping you gain greater self-awareness, and see reality, and the way people perceive you, more clearly. Gregg then walks us through Naikan’s three rich, incisive questions and how to use them to help you discover how you really show up and operate in the world. We end our conversation with how to incorporate these reflections into your daily routine, and even make it a special ritual with which to ring in the new year.<\/p>\n

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Editor’s Note: This is a re-broadcast. This episode originally aired in December 2020.  As one year ends and another begins, it’s natural to reflect on both the past and the future — who we were, who we are, and who we want to become. 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