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Gratitude, Perspective, and One Very Determined Cat

Gratitude, Perspective, and One Very Determined Cat

by Nathan Whitaker | Jun 17, 2025 | leadership, Personal Growth, relationships

Gratitude has been on my mind lately, I guess, judging by my newsletter.
This week I was thinking about it in the context of perspective, with the help of our 3-legged cat and 14-year-old dog.

Stay Grateful

Stay Grateful

by Nathan Whitaker | Jun 5, 2025 | leadership, Personal Growth, relationships

Gratitude isn’t soft. It’s strong. And it may be one of the most underutilized tools we have in leadership today.
And at the end of the day, it changes how we see the world.

4 Ways to Build Resilience Through Gratitude

4 Ways to Build Resilience Through Gratitude

by Nathan Whitaker | Feb 9, 2025 | leadership, Personal Growth, relationships

Life has a way of throwing challenges at us when we least expect them.

I spoke on resilience at a recent annual symposium for financial planners, and was reminded of this truth. Resilience is a topic that I wasn’t speaking on at all four years ago, and now it is requested by audiences more and more (as it was here).

Fired Into the Great Wide Open

Fired Into the Great Wide Open

by Nathan Whitaker | Jan 17, 2023 | Personal Growth, relationships

This week in 2004, I was fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bruce Allen had just replaced Rich McKay as General Manager, and I was a “McKay Guy,” weary from two years of internal battles between head coach Jon Gruden and Rich (as well as the rest of us in...
Backdating Goals

Backdating Goals

by Nathan Whitaker | Dec 26, 2022 | leadership, Personal Growth, relationships

I’m sure Tony Robbins might not approve, but I’ve been known to backdate my goals. Yes, backdate. (Yes, having actual, forward-looking goals or a “One Word” is good, but stick with me – this is different.) At the end of December,...
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