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 is essential that you put on some headphones, turn up the volume a little and prepare yourself for an exceptional listening experience. Just imagine the possibilities. To Gabriel Alfaro, thanks for the link!
“In Costa Rica, advertising agencies have no spelling and have not been buying dictionaries for years”, said Mr. Alberto Cañas in the article published a few days ago, which I am including in PDF format. Given the case cited, I am afraid [...]
Everything remains the same in advertising in our country, or am I wrong? (I want to be wrong!). However, I think we are on our way to a new edition of Volcanoes with a little more than three months to go, the [...]
Yesterday we met Patrick Henry Hughes and his dad. When you meet limitations like that live and in full color, a little me jumps on your shoulder and yells at me: Do you realize? Do you see all you’ve got? Stop whining, [...]
In the Willow Creek auditorium, minutes away from listening to Michael Porter, strategy guru and Harvard professor, we were treated to innovation and talent on several strings and a sensational guy.
