Author Archives: Rusty Rueff

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 1920: Pacing

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“I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”

How do we know if we are pacing ourselves correctly?  How do we know if we will finish strong, or even finish at all? Of course, we believe we will, but it’s hard to know exactly if we are pacing ourselves for completion until it is over.  Our careers, our current jobs, our projects, etc. all require pacing.  Sometimes we have to go fast and other times we can slow down, but what is most important is that we finish and when we do, we can and want to start again.  I’ve seen too many teams fall over a finish line and then be resentful of their boss and company.  But, when a team is paced correctly, there is joy in the finish line and excitement about what could be next.  When in doubt, consider pacing as critical for success.

I heard a pastor teach that we are paced by grace.  At first it didn’t sink in, but after thinking about, it is so true.  You see, when we exercise grace, that is how our pace is to be established.  We can rush through our day and our lives, and miss many opportunities to demonstrate how God’s grace can make a difference in the lives of others.  When we allow grace to pace us, then we finish well and faithfully.

Reference:  Philippians 3:14 (New Living Translation)