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About Rusty Rueff

Rusty Rueff, author of purposed worKING. Rusty Rueff is the former Chairman Emeritus of The GRAMMY Foundation in Los Angeles. He most recently completed the successful 16 month leadership role as Coordinating National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama (T4O) for the reelection of President Obama and ten-years of Board service and President of the Board of Trustees of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Corporately, most recently Rueff was the Chief Executive Officer at SNOCAP, Inc. until the acquisition of the company by imeem, Inc. in April 2008. Before joining SNOCAP in 2005, he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Electronic Arts (EA) from 1998 until 2005. He was also with the PepsiCo companies for more than ten years, with the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies for two years, and in commercial radio as an on-air personality for six years. Rusty holds an M.S. in counseling and a B.A. in radio and television from Purdue University. In 2003 he was named a distinguished Purdue alumnus, and he and his wife, Patti, are the named benefactors of Purdue’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts. He is a corporate director of Glassdoor.com and runcoach. He is the co-founder and Executive Committee Member of T4A.org, serves on the Founding Circle of The Centrist Project and a founding Board Member of The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition. He is also the co-author of the book Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business. Rusty and his wife, Patti, reside in Hillsborough, CA and Charlestown, R.I.

day 3K231: The Gifts Of Work – Technology Boosts

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“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.”

We live in the most fascinating of times and technology is making our work more and more fascinating each day.  Thus, one of our gifts of work is the technology that we have today that no other generation has ever had.  It’s really quite amazing!  This past week, OpenAI Labs released Chat GPT.  I decided to ask it a couple of question to help me write today’s post.

I first asked:  “Why does God think work is so important?”

It answered: “It is not for me to say why God thinks work is important. Different religious traditions have different beliefs and teachings about the importance of work. In the Bible, for example, there are many passages that discuss the value of hard work and the importance of earning one’s livelihood. In the book of Proverbs, it says, “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth” (Proverbs 10:4). In the New Testament, the apostle Paul writes, “Anyone unwilling to work should not eat” (2 Thessalonians 3:10). These passages suggest that work is seen as a means of providing for oneself and one’s family, and as a way of contributing to the community.”

I then asked it, “What does the Bible say about work being a gift?”

It responded with this:

“The Bible does not specifically say that work is a gift. However, it does contain many passages that speak about the value of work and the importance of being industrious. In the book of Proverbs, for example, it says, “A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich” (Proverbs 10:4). In the New Testament, the apostle Paul writes, “Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need” (Ephesians 4:28).”

Enough said!  I’ll take this gift right into the weekend!

Reference: Colossians 3:23 (New Living Translation)