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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 918: Beyond Our Control

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“And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

It may well end up being an auspicious week as the business world, and lots of other interested parties await the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act.  Much has been hinged on the decision and with lots of uncertainty around what that decision will be, one thing that is for certain is that the uncertainty of the legality of the law has caused great division among businesses and people and caused everyone to be hesitant in decisions that need to be made.  So, without picking sides, whatever the Supreme Court decides we will at least know something and then hopefully those who have been waiting to make any moves in their business will not wait anymore.  This waiting time goes to show us that that there are many things in our businesses and life that are beyond out control and what we have to learn is whether or not hesitating and holding back because of things we can’t control is good strategy, or not.  In our personal lives we can become paralyzed by those things that are out of our control and we must be careful that we don’t let that same attitude creep into our business decisions. 

When Jesus took control of what was beyond the control of the Disciples, they were “Filled with great awe”.  That is how it is when we put our full trust in God and allow Him to take control of what is beyond our own control.  We should be in awe of a God who can calm the seas and rebuke the wind.  And, we should be in just the same awe of a God who can heal a wound, provide us peace in a business decision, resolve a personal dispute, or open a door for a career move.  If we are not today in awe of what God has and can do in our lives with those things that are beyond our control, then the question must be asked about how much are we actually turning over to Him?  If we think everything is within our own control then we are missing out on seeing what He wants and can do for us.

Reference: Mark 4:41