re-posted from The DiJulius Group Website. Out-love your competition – This is one of my favorite new phrases. Think about it. Nearly everything can be copied: the products or services that you sell, your décor, website functionality, menu, and prices. Can you really out-work your competition? Out-think them? However, the one area you can get […]

by M.L. ROSE Livingstrong.com Golf began many centuries before Europeans migrated to America and, presumably, brought the game with them from across the Atlantic ocean. It took a while for the game to become popular in the United States, but the sport has thrived and grown since the late 19th century. Golf Comes to America […]

By Bill Fischer Harvard Business Review What if what you know didn’t matter anymore? What if knowledge became a commodity? What if everyone could be an expert? Far-fetched, you think? Well, in fact, the “what if” is no longer speculative; it is here already. Talk to people in such professional service industries as private banking, auditing, consulting, […]

by Adrian Miller writing for businessknowhow.com You want happy, satisfied customers that will return to your business and refer their friends. You know you need to provide good customer service to achieve that. But do you know what it really takes to provide exceptional customer service? The statistic that 50% of new businesses fail within […]

From CBSnews.com CHARLESTON, S.C. — A teacher in South Carolina is going above and beyond to help young boys in his community become young gentlemen, reports CBS affiliate WCSC. Every Wednesday nearly 60 students at Memminger Elementary School dress for success and meet for the “Gentleman’s Club.” Raymond Nelson is the student support specialist at […]

By: Bill Keveney, USA TODAY A Discovery Channel miniseries about the creation of the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycle company offered a perk to its stars: the chance to ride modern re-creations of the company’s early bikes. Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones), who plays one of the company’s founders in the three-part Harley and the Davidsons (Sept. 5-7, 9 ET/PT), talked about the […]

By Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY The 32-year-old stuntwoman, who wowed viewers by completing a top-speed Los Angeles qualifying run in a Wonder Woman outfit this year and has competed on the show last year, expertly navigated the Log Grip, Propeller Bar, Jumping Spider and Warped Wall (translation: should-be-impossible obstacles) on the Las Vegas course Monday. And she had 12 seconds to […]

The Staten Island Ferry is one of the last remaining vestiges of an entire ferry system in New York City that transported people between Manhattan and its future boroughs long before any bridges were built. In Staten Island, the northern shores were spiked in piers, competing ferry operators braved the busy waters of New York […]

by Kevin Sheridan Walt Disney was fired from his first job as a reporter in Kansas City. The reason they told him: “You lack imagination.” Oprah Winfrey was fired from her first job as a reporter in Philadelphia. The reason they gave her: “You tend to get too emotionally involved in your stories,” which of […]

A Mathematician has discovered a simple trick which could revolutionize car parking. Professor David Percy, of Salford University, was frustrated by the poor geometry of car parks, which generally feature parking spaces arranged at a 90 degree angle to the access lane. He performed some simple math and found out that one tweak could make […]