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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 2695: Inbox Zero

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“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”

Don’t get too excited.  I’m not going to give you the secret of having zero emails in your inbox, although the Inbox Zero process is a really good one. Our email inbox, which has been one of the greatest inventions of all time (think about it….without email how would we have progressed like we have?) also comes with great stress and requirements.  A lingering email can drive us a crazy and an email that does not get a response can ruin a business or personal relationship.  Those so simple little notes can carry so much.  One of the tactics to Inbox Zero that does make a lot of sense is if you don’t want to receive emails, then don’t send them.  Reach out with a phone call, a text (although they can be just as annoying) or go see the person.  The more emails we send, the more we can expect to receive.  Something to think about today.

Aren’t we so fortunate that when we talk to God we don’t have to think that we can’t because we will have to take on more because we made a request.  There is no quid pro quo with the Lord.  He asks us to bring Him all that we have, problems and all.  So, today, let’s not worry about a zero inbox for God.  He is joyful that we come to Him each and every day.

Reference:  Matthew 7:7 (New Living Translation)