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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 3K142: Calendar Circus

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“Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.”

 

The other day I defined the quest to set up a phone call with another person as a “Calendar Circus”.  It really has been one as we he have tried to ring each other well more than three times. Each time we get close something happens.  I know I am not alone in having this happen.  For many, the circus is hidden from us as those whom might manage our calendar are going back and forth tens of times before they can secure a mutually agreed upon date, time and place (the three rings of any calendar circus that must come together).  Technology can help but as long as we are humans who can’t totally control our time, it will be a circus.  So what do we do?  Well, we can accept that nothing is ever predictable and perfect and that it can sometimes just take time to get it all together. So, if you have someone managing your calendar, they are doing their best to be a Ringleader for you!

 

When I think of how we can be our best for Him in the midst of Calendar Circus, I’d suggest these things:

  • Be patient when the times are being juggled
  • Accept that we are not always the Center Ring featured attraction
  • Show grace and understanding and don’t assume that the other party is clowning around with you
  • Be as flexible and roll and tumble with our own schedules to try and accommodate
  • Don’t try and make every meeting a high-wire act that causes everyone greater stress if it doesn’t happen exactly when and where we want.

We can’t escape this Circus but we can manage how we react and treat others while we are in the process. That reaction can make a big difference on how others receive us.

Reference: Ephesians 4:23 (New Living Translation)