Steve Kerr has had a very successful first year as head coach of the Golden State Warriors. His team won 67 of the 82 regular season games—best in the NBA. Coaching at that level can be an all-consuming and stressful job because the pressure to win is enormous. Achieving a balance between work and life under these circumstances is extremely difficult. According to an article written by Ben Cohen which recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal, one of the things Mr. Kerr does to achieve a healthy balance between work and life is he has the team’s Public Relations department continually sending him new stories to read that have nothing to do with basketball. The article states that these stories include: “…a New Yorker profile on Al Pacino, an Economist obituary on Ronald Reagan’s astrologer and an Atlantic essay on living in a dumpster….” Mr. Kerr then passes this sense of balance on to his players by telling them to put things in perspective and “…just remember that it’s still a basketball game.” Several weeks ago on the night before a crucial playoff game against Memphis, he told his players to “…put their phones away, watch a movie or read a book…instead of worrying about what might happen on the court.” This resulted in the Warriors winning their crucial game 101-84.

If you would like to read Mr. Cohen’s entire article, here’s the link.

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