• Find Your Purpose and Get on a Successful Life Journey Today

    Find Your Purpose and Get on a Successful Life Journey Today

    What is the definition of success? Not just the textbook definition, but your individual definition of success and how it manifests in your life.  Drilling down on the definition of success is an essential step on your journey to achievement.  Success is not a spectator sport, achievement demands action.  The first action is to determine what…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Beth Duffy, President and COO of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery

    Montgomery County Leadership: Beth Duffy, President and COO of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery

    Beth Duffy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Southampton, Bucks County, her early jobs, and why she believes everybody should work in a fast food restaurant at some point in their lives.  Duffy went on to explain her career path from wanting to…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Chris Bickel, Main Line Market Leader, Centric Bank

    Montgomery County Leadership: Chris Bickel, Main Line Market Leader, Centric Bank

    Chris Bickel, Main Line Market Leader at Centric Bank, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Berwyn, the competitive spirit he honed through sports, playing in three national lacrosse championships for Syracuse, and his love of the outdoors. Chris Bickel described how he found his way into the banking industry, his recipe for success…

  • Start Living the Abundant Life Today!

    Start Living the Abundant Life Today!

    In Suze Orman’s book, The Courage to be Rich, she offers what she calls The First Law of Money: People first, then money, then things. She proposes that we need to value money more than things because it’s money that enables us to acquire those things. And, if we value money over things, we’ll take…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Joseph Cafarchio, Executive Vice President, Meridian Bank

    Montgomery County Leadership: Joseph Cafarchio, Executive Vice President, Meridian Bank

    Joe Cafarchio, Executive Vice President at Meridian Bank, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up as the second oldest of eight children in East Syracuse, New York. He told how he learned responsibility at an early age by helping take care of his younger siblings, including cooking dinners from scratch. As a teenager, Joseph Cafarchio…

  • Is It The Humidity, Or Are You Stuck In An Energy Drain?

    Is It The Humidity, Or Are You Stuck In An Energy Drain?

    Your attitude- positive or negative- affects your energy level. It makes sense, right? If you go into a situation with positive thoughts, you will have more energy to put into the task. In order to develop a positive attitude, it’s important to become aware of what drains your energy or what causes you to think…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Michael Rounds, President of Williamson College of the Trades

    Montgomery County Leadership: Michael Rounds, President of Williamson College of the Trades

    Delaware County Leadership: Michael Rounds, President of Williamson College of the Trades Michael Rounds, President of Williamson College of the Trades, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Minnesota, his interest in music and football, his decision to go to West Point, and finally become the president of Williamson College of the Trades, a…

  • 5 Thoughts for Keeping Your Motivation on Hazy, Hot, and Humid Days

    5 Thoughts for Keeping Your Motivation on Hazy, Hot, and Humid Days

    “Our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”  M. Scott Peck – The “Road Less Traveled”…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Anne M. Prisco, President, Holy Family University

    Montgomery County Leadership: Anne M. Prisco, President, Holy Family University

    Anne Prisco, the president of Holy Family University, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Brooklyn and how being the daughter of a first-generation immigrant has shaped her life. Her love for Home Economics took her to the University of Arizona on a scholarship, but after college, she returned to New York City and…

  • Stop Living Out of Your Inbox

    Stop Living Out of Your Inbox

    So, it’s mid-July. How are you making out on those goals? If you want to have your best year, quarter, month, week and day then it is critical that you stop living out of your inbox. Staying focused on your inbox is a great way to keep the fires out in the moment but it’s…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Dr. Benjamin Rusiloski, President, Delaware Valley University

    Montgomery County Leadership: Dr. Benjamin Rusiloski, President, Delaware Valley University

    Dr. Benjamin Rusiloski, the president of Delaware Valley University, spoke with MONTCO Today about his early love for science and math that took him from being a statistician for his high school sports teams to becoming a chemistry professor. He also discussed growing up with parents who instilled a lifelong love of education and the…

  • Tuesday with Michael: 4 Simple Steps to an Ideal Life

    Tuesday with Michael: 4 Simple Steps to an Ideal Life

    Assemble an ideal week. Start by finding blocks of time for your family, High Payoff Activities (HPAs) and for planning. Add and arrange other blocks of time to your schedule until you have identified an ideal week that allows you to enjoy personal time as well as time to spend on your most important goals. String…

  • Tuesday With Michael: Where is Your Wheel of Life Taking You?

    Tuesday With Michael: Where is Your Wheel of Life Taking You?

    In his book, The Unheavenly City, Dr. Edward Banfield described one of the most profound studies on success and priority setting ever conducted. He said that men and women who were the most successful in life and who were the most likely to move up economically were those who took the future into consideration with…

  • Penn State Great Valley Names Interim Chancellor

    Penn State Great Valley Names Interim Chancellor

    Colin Neill, professor of software and systems engineering and director of engineering programs at Penn State Great Valley, has been named the school’s interim chancellor, dean, and chief academic officer. He will take over for James Nemes, who will retire on July 1. Neill has served as director of engineering programs for over a decade, overseeing the…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Deanne H. D’Emilio, JD, President of Gwynedd Mercy University

    Montgomery County Leadership: Deanne H. D’Emilio, JD, President of Gwynedd Mercy University

    Deanne H. D’Emilio, President of Gwynedd Mercy University, spoke with MONTCO Today about having hit the “parent jackpot” as a child growing up in suburban Pittsburgh; her interest in music and tennis; and her decision to attend Westminster College, Bowling Green State University, and Pitt for nine consecutive years. D’Emilio also discussed the people who…

  • Firstrust Bank CEO Richard L. Green Delivers Anti-Hate Message at ADL Event: ‘Be That Somebody’

    Firstrust Bank CEO Richard L. Green Delivers Anti-Hate Message at ADL Event: ‘Be That Somebody’

    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) event that honored Firstrust Bank Board Chairman and CEO Richard L. Green became an opportunity for the corporate leader to decry society’s alarming rise in hate. Green’s comments came during his acceptance speech for the ADL’s Americanism Award. The Americanism Award recognizes individuals or companies in the financial services industry for…

  • Celebrating 2022 Class of Sister Publication VISTA Millennial Superstars: ‘The Best of Chester County, Present and Future’

    Celebrating 2022 Class of Sister Publication VISTA Millennial Superstars: ‘The Best of Chester County, Present and Future’

    Service is the key to superstardom.  That fact was evident after 300 attendees heard the short speeches of this year’s VISTA Millennial Superstars on Tuesday afternoon, when VISTA Today honored its 2022 Class of VISTA Millennial Superstars at Penn State Great Valley in Malvern.  As part of the program, the 40 VISTA Millennial Superstars –…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health

    Montgomery County Leadership: Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health

    Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in St. Louis County, Missouri; taking Chevy Chase–style vacations to Southern California to visit his mother’s family when he was a kid; learning basic leadership skills at the age of six by playing catcher on a little league baseball team coached by…