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 2793: Going For A Walk

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“One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.”

How many steps during the workday did we take and are now taking when not in the office or commuting or walking around?  I’m sure someone, even in this reading group, has looked back on their Fitbits and iWatches and figured it out.  It’s a lot less, right?  There is a lot of good in movement, we know that, but we might not have known how good it was for our working attitudes until now. I’ve talked to many people who have had a harder time feeling energized and motivated and a common thread has been the lack of “movement” now versus before.  We will get back to some new normal, hopefully soon, and until then and even beyond, that short break walk, that stand up time, that stretch can make the difference on how much we get done, or not, in the hours to come.

Also, you might be interested in this short tutorial on the advantages of movement, provided by our local health service provider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRu2u8ku0bQ&feature=youtu.be

While nothing to spiritually glean probably from it, but Jesus was a walker.  He was on His feet a lot and used movement from one place to another as he finished his work for the day.  We don’t have accounts of Jesus sleeping in or lazing around. I do think that He was signaling to us that our faith is an active one; out and about, not inward and contained. So, maybe what we need to do today is take a walk with Jesus.  Yes, on that next walk around the block or even into the yard for a bit, we can use that time to spend with Him letting and Him move in and with us.

Reference: Mark 2:23 (New Living Translation)