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 […]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
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 [...]
Originally published in February 2007, this article and its paragraphs are still fully valid, because in competition, individual ambition serves the common good, as Adam Smith put it. In other words, he meant that the best results come from everyone in a [...]
A few months ago I listened to Marcus Buckingham for an hour and a half, with a powerful message: focus on your strengths (or as some call it, the strengths revolution). In this direction, ask yourself a simple question: Are you going [...]
“I’m addicted to collecting steps before dawn. To seeing places I never knew existed. Running to the moon and back. Being a rabbit to the neighborhood dogs. Obey the voice in my head. To let the music take me when I can’t [...]
Me too. We all want to be recognized. I am no exception. Neither are you. And for this reason, perhaps, I’m already thinking of turning up the volume on everything in me. Today, because it’s a Wednesday like any other, instead of [...]
To Fabio Fernandes and all his team at f Nazca Saatchi Saatchi, congratulations for this magnificent idea, surprising production that “seems low cost”, daring musicalization and confidence in a powerful proposal. Undoubtedly, this TV Grand Prix at the Wave Festival in Rio [...]
“Cannes is a quest for the world’s best creativity”. Craig Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide, JWT” The industry’s leading figures will gather in Cannes this June to discuss the hottest topics occupying the minds of creative professionals around the globe.
