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 [...]
Costa Rica is the scene of a fierce competition among talented lions and creatives under 28 years old, as they all want to go to Cannes Lions next June to compete among the best. More than 100 pairs are participating today for [...]
Take advantage of the Spanish subtitles option. Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, rather than one person “being” a genius, we all “have” a genius. A funny, personal [...]
DIPO Pharmaceuticals expands its products By: Redacción EN, on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Now the companies 3M and Nestlé join the different suppliers for the pharmaceutical company that distributes a variety of health products in more than 11 thousand points of sale [...]
When we arrived at Cannes, we Costa Ricans arrived as one. Not as several agencies competing, but as a country overcoming greatness, one step at a time, one metal lion after another. For this reason, what is coming with the new Young [...]
A few years ago, I decided to accept as my own the invitation that Jesus made to Matthew. And since it was so simple, I just decided to follow him. I did not complicate myself with religions, rituals, theories or hermeneutics, since [...]
DDB gives birth to a regional Tribe The advertising firm DDB Worldwide created, together with other regional agencies, a network with which it seeks to be one of the most influential advertising agencies in Central America. Written by Lizbeth Ulett Saturday, 17 [...]
