Todd Dietrich

Today is the beginning of Penn State’s annual Student Leadership Conference. It’s an event that brings together students from across the commonwealth to collaborate, learn and have a great time. This year I know a few students who are attending and hearing their enthusiasm has me nostalgic for those simpler times. Looking back at all…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’d know that the Lehigh Valley is home to some truly great community festivals. I’m fortunate to live where I do and to be able to have so many great experiences available to me each year. As I was growing up I patronized most of them and came…

Today I saw a friend I hadn’t seen in almost a year and he complimented me on losing a ton of weight. I was grateful, but his immediate question was one that I’ve heard from just about every single person I know, “What’s your secret?” When I respond with the truth, which is eating smaller…

If there’s one thing that I’ve noticed about myself and others is that when we’re afraid or apprehensive about something it’s because we’re scared that we might fail. We then exaggerate the consequences of that failure and turn it into much more than it probably should be. This then leads us to not even attempt…

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the ideas that Dave Ramsey espouses, including his latest effort called The Great Recovery. Today I saw someone I think highly of post on Google+ that they believe that supporters of The Great Recovery would not be helping the country, but instead could be hurting friends and…