Former Pittsburgh Steelers OLB James Harrison was no stranger to failure. Unlike many, however, he channeled his failures into progress, and that fueled his entire career. Harrison talked about his journey through the NFL recently on former teammate Ryan Clark’s The Pivot podcast. Most interesting was his explanation for how he motivates himself, in my estimation.
“I needed something negative. Don’t pat me on my back,” Harrison told The Pivot. “I’m dead serious. When we get into the meetings, don’t show me what I did great. I know what I did wrong. Show that to everybody.