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 [...]
Hoy colocamos unas cuantas Macs viejas a la entrada de nuestro edificio, como bien lo redactaron Liz San Elías y Carlos Soto, en un Tribu to Jobs. Las reacciones no nos las imaginamos, y nos han venido a recordar todo lo que [...]
It transformed the lives of millions around the world, including mine since 1985. Thank you Steve. May you rest in peace. Forever grateful.
In Inner Mongolia and next to the Gobi desert, a new architectural marvel has been added to the planet. In a bid in the style of Bilbao with its Guggenheim by Ghery, Beijing commissioned this work to MAD Architects 6 years ago. [...]
Let’s talk about your finances for a moment. Are they in balance or out of balance? Are you paying more to your credit card issuer than you’d like? Do you want to buy a house but don’t know how? Is your first [...]
In our soccer countries, very little is known about rugby. For this reason, I include this video in case you want to know the basics of this spectacular sport. After the New Zealand All Blacks beat Canada last Sunday, the best teams [...]
Stefan Asafti has created an interesting project about brands, which he justifies as follows: “The truth is that every pair of rivals has something in common. It has something that has helped them build their identity, all the way to becoming the [...]
