. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the United States, as in any country, brand counts more than politicians and analysts are willing to acknowledge. And in this case, in 2008 it will be Hillary Clinton who will win the elections, in my personal opinion, because she is [...]
A few years ago, a book fell into my hands and I did not pay much attention to it, initially. However, it is enough to take its teachings from nature to understand: the light of a sunny day is diluted by the [...]
Sometimes we keep them, sometimes it’s too late… Let it not happen to us. Let’s be careful that with our attitude we don’t want to stop others from showing and sharing them. Video received by mail, I don’t know the origin, but [...]
Today is a Sunday like any other Sunday. We still wake up in the morning, get up to the bathroom, brush our teeth and start the day, however, at a different pace than a weekday, more leisurely, more relaxed and somewhat serene. [...]
Sisomo stands for sight, sound motion. And it has been created by Kevin Roberts, the Global CEO of Saatchi Saatchi, and his team around the world. The idea is simple, and states that in the age of screens, we are obliged to [...]
Since April 2003, we assumed a strategic commitment to the idea of creating and perpetuating Lovemarks, to focus on emotional branding and the sustainability of our clients’ businesses. . We did so after having made sure to feel it in our hearts [...]