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 […]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
Celebrate respect,Celebrating great achievements In your home, your organization, within your company or your team, in your tribe or your club, celebrate everything you want to have repeat itself! With 95 minutes on the clock, Bryan Ruiz made a masterful assist. The [...]
It strikes me powerfully that a somewhat old-fashioned, a bit boring and certainly personal space, continues with such a high level of page views in a month. Some would say that it does not have the same notoriety of other times, and [...]
This video has over 7.6 million views on YouTube, produced, acted, created and posted by “Fred”, a guy who entertains, amuses and is followed by millions of people around the world. Of all the recent phenomena, Fred is one of my favorites, [...]
Have you ever thought about how different your outlook on life would be if you were a person with absolute faith that God is with you? If you have never meditated on this before, this might be a good time to do [...]
With Telas de Protecto and the stories of Salat, we had a great night in Guatemala. In addition, JWT Costa Rica was the agency of the year, and with the Tribu Jades and the one won by Garnier BBDO, we can return [...]
With more than 5.6 million views on YouTube, this Evian commercial proves once again that people love to be entertained, have fun, enjoy the unexpected and add a little joy and sweetness to life. Here it is so we can keep adding [...]