All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
Successful people make important decisions early in their lives, and then manage those decisions. John C Maxwell for 7 minutes, one for every 10,000 hits received on A Fuego Lento during the month of August. Perhaps this is completely unrelated, and then [...]
In the last few weeks, more than ever I have heard from people eager for revolution in their fields. There are clear signs that anticipate changes, evolutions and even cultural revolutions that could finally change the status quo. Both in Costa Rica [...]
With today’s e-tickets, airlines can do with their passengers as they please. This week DELTA AIRLINES did it to me in an unacceptable way, and for this, despite many travel woes I endure, this one deserves a separate chapter because it was [...]
I love my SonyEricsson more than ever, while Apple will have to appear on the scene to clear up an awesome glitch: iPhone freezes. Yesterday in Atlanta I missed an urgent call from my son Santiago, because my iPhone, with the ATT [...]
Jorge Walter Bolaños wrote this article, which I am reproducing, as a sample of the depth and seriousness of the subject under discussion, and which makes it even more difficult for us to understand the Yes campaign. Mr. Jorge Walter is a [...]
My maternal grandfather’s name was Clemente Alpírez Garay. I never knew him because he died in 48 when he was the victim of an ambush. He was shot while shouting “viva viva” to Don Pepe on his way back to the house [...]
From last year we found extraordinary examples to persuade you to invest in creativity, production and talent, if you are one of the people in charge of a brand. That brand could be a mass consumer brand, such as Red Bull or [...]
2014 brings us thousands and perhaps millions of blogs, tweets, images, videos and more, with proposals to make 2014 the best year ever. However, nothing will happen in the next 12 months that will surpass the upcoming World Cup in Brazil in [...]
In October 2010 I accepted an invitation from Google to attend a meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its name intrigued me from the first moment and then completely captivated me: Zeitgeist. On YouTube I found a summary of that experience, which in some [...]
In November 2009 a lifelong dream came true, when I was able to see and photograph the great Mount Everest from a distance. I did so from the Kalapatar, which although it reaches an elevation of 5,550 meters in elevation, in the [...]
On Incae ‘s last visit to Tribu DDB, who rightfully become a tribe for life, at the close of the activity I was asked, “Did you know that there is another Tribu Group?”, and of course my answer was negative amidst immediate [...]
