. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
For we are the size of the things that make us angry. After all, the only thing in common between everything that angers us in life and each of us is precisely oneself. Even if it often seems that the [...]
Much has been written about second place. Phrases are frequently quoted that go on and on about how disappointing it is to be second. Vince Lombardi, for example, the NFL player whose name is on the NFL’s premier trophy, said that he [...]
In these first days of the month of January of the year two thousand and eight, the breezes are opportune to refresh the spirit and resolutions, to send you good wishes and share good news. At the beginning of this new year, [...]
Next May 10, we will celebrate Pangea Day all over the world, and you can be part of it, participating, contributing, lighting up with your film. I am excited to introduce you to a powerfully inspiring idea: Pangea Day. We want your [...]
Keep it simple, Less is More, Simpler. Simplicity captivates and attracts in the midst of complexity. The author of Laws of Simplicity lays out his proposal and leads us to a powerful idea: we want more of what we enjoy. It is [...]
I laughed my ass off at this London Marathon commercial, because they couldn’t have represented better the condition we non-athletes end up in after running the 42.2 kilometers of this competition. I still remember that next day after the first one I [...]
If you haven’t seen this video yet, dedicate 3 minutes to it. It is an excellent example of what not to do… and yet we often do. It explains Apple’s success by itself, with its elegant way of mixing in its design, [...]
When the founders of YouTube, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim started their project, they could not have imagined the revolution that was taking off with their simple idea: to make it easier for people to share videos and do it [...]
Can you imagine if instead of“I have a dream“, Martin Luther King had said “I have an objective”? Can you imagine the impact if he had said “I have a proposal”, or “I have data that…”, or “I have a plan…”? You [...]
With one hand on the checkbook and the other hand on the heart, I believe that there are too serious and visible threats to our advertising activity to add depth to our own weaknesses. Yesterday I was in a meeting where my [...]
