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 […]
Anybody can make an ad. A brand doesn’t. In Costa Rica, as in the world, there are many people making ads. And of course, people hiring them. Many are those who assume that their brands or products need to advertise to sell, [...]
It’s been a few weeks since Rafael Abreu sent me the link to TED. Today, I am hooked to his TedTalks through iTunes, since all the presentations are available for free on his Podcasts. You can download them to your iPod or [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks, from his presentation at TedTalks in Monterey, California, about creativity and the challenge of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy. He identifies the importance of preparing ourselves to be wrong, if we want to be [...]
Photographer Phil Borges estimates that of the 6,000 languages spoken on the planet today, 3,000 are not known by children. In other words, as those who know them die, humanity will lose all the wealth that comes from the legacy of that [...]
USE THE POWER OF TRUST. Forget completely the idea that it is your turn to approve or reject, that this position is a big mistake. If you are going to value ideas, you have to be clear that all have potential, all [...]
There are people who complicate and entangle everything, go back and forth, change their minds constantly, forget what they say, do not allow things to flow, make processes slow and difficult, lower morale and team performance, and use sarcasm to defend their [...]
In his presentation, JJ Abrams, writer, director and producer of Lost and Alias, among others, tells us his story and reveals his fascination with mystery, even assuring us that it is the most powerful ingredient to captivate, seduce, attract and hook us. [...]
What you hear and what you say, what you read and what you write, what you see or what you show, all affect the water crystals that compose us. In his research, Dr. Emote, a prominent Japanese, brings us a truth [...]
BY CARLA RAMIREZ.
I came across this description on Wikipedia: “Usually, in each blog article, readers can write their comments and the author can respond to them. comments and the author responds to them, so that it is possible to establish a dialogue. a dialogue [...]
Scary scary scary scary. As much in life, the music of this song provokes in me a different emotion from the one generated by its lyrics. Fear is the house where no one goes, it is the lever that turns off life, [...]
