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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 824: Orderly

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“Jesus replied, ‘All those who love me will do what I say.”

I am just returning from a week in the United Kingdom. It was for fun but I continued to get some exposure to how business is done differently in other parts of the world. If there is a place in the world where business is “orderly”, it is in Great Britain. When something does go awry, it’s a big deal and there is lots of public scrutiny, as we have recently seen regarding the hacking of the news corps. Even watching the BAFTA Awards last night on TV demonstrates how things can be done well when orderly and without fanfare or hyperbole. There is a time to be orderly and respectful of rules, and that should be more often.

Jesus taught us to be orderly people. In John 14:24 he didn’t “suggest” what we are to do, he “told” us and it’s very clear that we are to do what He says. And yes, if we follow His orders then the rest of our lives will become orderly in way that will be pleasing to Him and the example to others that we want to demonstrate. How then can we take his command more seriously and consistently? We start by starting this week, this day, with His discipline of diving into His Word to learn more. Let’s start there and now with His Word being ordered first and foremost in our minds.

Reference: John 14:24 (New Living Testament)