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 [...]
HomeTwo Costa Rica It is not easy to acknowledge that in Costa Rica we can have the best in the world. However, from my biased and completely subjective opinion, the best kindergarten in the world is found in Escazu. It is a [...]
To score a goal, you have to kick it into the frame. To achieve something, you must first try. To win, you have to participate first. To hunt a lion, you have to aim, believe it is possible and pull the trigger. [...]
Click here: YOUNG CREATIVES FILM COMPETITION and discover the 19 duos that will compete in Cannes with Carlos Jiménez and Paula Guevara next week. The body temperature rises and the excitement begins to transform.
De los Zanders vino la regla #6, como también la idea de darle a todo el mundo una A. Es inpirador, mueve el espíritu y te convence de la idea de levantarte en las mañanas propuestos y propuestas a tomar la posibilidad [...]
Here you will find a lousy, boring and absurd video made… in Tribe! under Zander’s rule number 6: don’t take yourself too seriously! And what are the other 5 rules? …Peel. There aren’t any. It doesn’t matter. Just don’t take yourself too [...]
