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 the article above Paul appears in his first performance and in this video in the semi-final. I don’t know which video is more impressive, more inspiring, more to the heart and soul. It doesn’t matter. They both add up and that’s [...]
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological state in which the kidnap victim, or person detained against their own will, develops a complicit relationship with their kidnapper. On occasion, prisoners may end up helping captors achieve their ends or evade formal authority, according to [...]
From the farthest reaches of Africa comes a love story. At the age of 14 he discovered in a book how to generate electricity, and with no limits in his mind, he built a windmill to produce it. Nothing is impossible, and [...]
Today, Thursday again we stop the country with another day off, in this case, of a deep and profound religious character, celebrating the day of the venerated Virgin of the Angels. This day is celebrated with a massive pilgrimage to the city [...]
