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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 3K170: Vampire Power

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“But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.”

I’m thinking that you read today’s post headline and are saying, “Whoa, Rusty has gone off the deep end”.  Well, not quite, at least not yet.  No, there are no such things as Vampires but there is a thing known as “Vampire Power” and no, it is not a superpower, it is a draining power.  Vampire Power is the power that gets used from all of the devices that are plugged into our outlets, even though they aren’t being utilized at the time.  Think power cords, chargers, devices and appliances that are “off”, but not really.  Small units of power are being pulled from the grid and are being wasted and we are also getting charged for them at the same time.  It’s a good metaphor for what happens in our work.  We have people, issues, projects, etc. that aren’t in the forefront, but are “naggging” in the background of our minds or to-do-lists and they each day suck a little energy from us.  Put enough of them together and they start to really drain us.  So, it’s worth looking at what “vampires” do we have that it is way beyond time to unplug.

The sick woman in the Bible who so desperately needed healing had such faith that she knew if only she could touch Jesus’ robe, she would be healed.  Jesus felt His healing power go out of Him and to the woman.  What this tells me is that God is cool with us doing whatever it takes to reach Him and when we do, He will allow us to receive what He wants us to have.  We are taught everyday, with every message in our work and society to not rely or be dependent on others, but in God’s case, He wants us to turn it all over to Him and receive all of the power He has to give.

Reference: Luke 8:46 (New Living Translation)