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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 2973: “Come Now, Let’s Argue This Out”

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“Come now, let’s argue this out, says the Lord”

Most people don’t like to argue.  I know that I don’t.  There are some who do love to argue and they find it almost like sport to stir things up.  But, over time they either mellow or they end up with less friends and less friendly co-workers than they desire.  For the rest of us, arguing seems wrong and counter productive.  That is, until you consider the damage that can be done by holding emotions and resentment in that festers and is never resolved. There is a way to argue something out to come to a resolution so that we can move on positively from there.  I’ll argue that it’s better to clear the air than let the air remain stale and polluted.  Many great books have been written on conflict resolution and how to get to a win-win situation. Having one as a reference guide to assist through times of argument is a good idea.

God had just about had it with Judah and the people of Jerusalem.  He was laying down the law with them and didn’t see any response.  But, before He called it quits, He gave them another chance.  He said, “Let’s argue this out.”  But, He didn’t want to argue for the sake of arguing, He wanted to argue it out to give His people another opportunity to understand, repent and allow Him to work in their lives.  It’s a great lesson for us.  If we are going to argue it out with someone, let it be because we want the best for them and we will forgive and move on because we all are better afterwards.  Our God is a Win-Win God, if we will only let Him be!  We can’t argue with that!

Reference: Isaiah 1:18 (New Living Translation)