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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 947: Olympic Fatigue?

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“But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”

Anyone have Olympic fatigue yet?  No, I’m not talking about being tired of the Olympics as I never tire of seeing athletes from around the world peak every four years and make the impossible look so easy.  I am talking about the fatigue from staying up late every night to catch up with all that has happened and watching NBC’s nighttime coverage.  I know, I can timeshift with the DVR or go online and watch them whenever I want,  but I like not knowing what has happened and then being there, in the moment as best I can.  But, if I am tired, imagine how nearly exhausted those who have put on the games must be?  Exhilarated and exhausted at the same time is sometimes magical.  Startups know the feeling as do any group of people who have had to meet an important milestone and had to give their all to get there. We can’t peak everyday, but having moments and times like the Olympics does every four years, to garner the best of people can, while fatiguing, still be amazing.

God gives us His remarkable strength and endurance and promises that we will have the energy to keep on going when doing His work and following His will.  We should never allow ourselves to grow weary in His work and if we feel that we are, we need to return to His Word and our knees for rejuvenation.  God wants us to be at our best for Him at all times; in our lives, our work, today in a meeting, etc.  Let’s never let ourselves be fatigued but full of His spirit!

Reference: Isaiah 40:31 (New Living Translation)