Author Archives: Rusty Rueff

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 3K335: Worrywarts

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“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?”

Have you ever called someone, or thought of yourself as a “Worrywart”.  If you have then likely you didn’t know you are actually referencing a comic book character that was around for 50 years from the 1920’s to the 1970’s.  That’s  where the term comes from.  The character in the comics was actually a pest but as time went on the term worrywart began to mean someone who becomes overwhelmed with the thoughts of potential trouble.  We see all kinds of worrywarts in business.  Those that are always worried about the next shoe to drop, those that are worried about their future and those that are worried about what needs to get done next.  There are those who think the latter kind of worrywart can be good for business as they tend to be very detail oriented and good at delivering on operational challenges.  But, for the rest of the worrywarts it can be a big energy and time drain to spend too much worrying.

Jesus addressed worrying directly when He taught on money and possessions.  I love the way He challenged those who worry with asking if their worries could add even a moment to their lives?  He does not call us to worry.  If He did, there would be no reason to put our trust in Him.  So, let’s ask ourselves today, “What are we worrying about?”.  The answer might well be, “Much to do about nothing”.

Reference: Luke 12:25 (New Living Translation)