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 […]
Many are those who give up the possibility of winning Lions on TV for lack of money. This resignation, of course, is a surrender without a fight, an abandonment without an attempt, since all you need is a great idea. This is [...]
Widely recognized for being an extraordinary motivator of audiences eager to exploit their potential, Robbins defines himself more as the “why guy” and the one who asks you: what is your motivation for your actions? From TED to this blog, for those [...]
Here is a message sent to me by Diego Castillo, Brother’s Director, for all the readers of the blog. Diego Castillo: Hi, I’m not used to get involved in this kind of thematic forums, and even less in thematic forums and even [...]
On Friday night of the Superschool Weekend at Uveritas, organized by ASCAP, a “round table” was held, masterfully conducted by Layla Poveda of Comunicación Corporativa Ketchum. Here are all the participations in video, Andrés Artavia from Garnier BBDO, Pancho Terán from Tribu, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
