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 [...]
You learn a lot when you live the behind-the-scenes of national politics. Crucial moments, life decisions, unexpected moves and careers that consolidate, among dozens of circumstances, all in the public eye and much that should not and is not. I have enjoyed [...]
We are looking forward to 2013! I have the impression that we will surpass last year in everything and by far, because we are going with enthusiasm, precision, strength, attitude and character. For years we have based our success on 4 Ts: [...]
To 2012 with gratitude. The year 2012 will always be remembered with wide, high and deep gratitude. It has been a year like no other in virtually every dimension of my life, and therefore, it has been one of exploration, experimentation, innovation, [...]
Can you imagine that Christmas? Among many other factors, it was a couple waiting far from home. There were shepherds with sheep, donkeys, camels and “wise men” on the way, as well as a baby who would come to change the world [...]
With 7 great ideas in 3 main axes, we have made our contribution of ideas to reinvent Costa Rica, with the spring of influence that our movement(Via Costarricense) has thanks to José María Figueres, President of Costa Rica from 94 to 98 [...]
The remotidades of the diary. A few days ago I came across a photograph full of snow-capped mountains. I imagine my pupils must have dilated when I recognized Queenstown and those majestic mountains correctly called the Remarkables, or said in English, the [...]