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 […]
Write a poem. A novel. A short story. Write a song. A blog entry. An original idea. An equation. Writing a tweet. A new element. Writing is a curiosity. I have been days with my fingertips away from the keyboard. My head, [...]
Too often I hear of a crisis of leadership. However, I have never heard anyone talk about a crisis of passivity. Too many people are contemplatively waiting for a solution to their problems by that dishonest means found in the minds and [...]
The future will be a consequence of the decisions we make today. It is not a matter of luck, nor do I believe it is a matter of destiny, the “I hit the jackpot”, I hit the lottery or I was born [...]
Born With Handfuls of Talent Throughout the years I have accumulated a good deal of pain after hearing the excessive repetition of the statement: “I am not creative”. A consequence of our surroundings, our education system, upbringing at home, other variables, or [...]
To Uber or Not to Uber? I’ve only been in the country a few days in the past few weeks, so I’ve observed from a distance the complaints by taxi drivers against Uber. However, I feel it be useless because of the [...]
The predictions for 2016 seem to have ceased at this point in January, so today I found it a life prize to share in the same hotel room in Los Angeles with Ray Kurzweil and hear his. With that particular condition that [...]
At about 7 p.m. I was about to pay the cab driver for his kind service of 23 reais, when he said a heartfelt “parabens Costa Rica”. I didn’t try to contain my joy for a moment and prodded the conversation to [...]
While in England people are asking for the withdrawal of the advertising that shows their national team disqualified in Brazil, in our country the World Cup fever turns the protagonists into perfect brand ambassadors. In cases as wonderfully outstanding as that of [...]
The Big Winner Let’s assume that you are part of the general public, a non-advertiser, announcer or work with some communications or digital media. In a leveled playing field of people occupied living their happy lives, is there anyone out there that [...]
We can’t not change the world. And advertisers believe we can make it better one message, one idea, one smile, one story, one campaign at a time. This is why the fine sense of humor with which a message of unity has [...]
Costa Rica will be playing in the fierce courts of the Grand Palais des Festivals in Cannes in what is considered the world of creativity. The best of the world will compete in the International Festival of Creativity and Costa Rican agencies [...]
The World Cup is an opportunity of such dimension that the word itself falls short to describe its implications and scope in soccer. Brands understand this and polish themselves with creativity, productions and budgets unimaginable in our countries. Let’s start with“The Game [...]
