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 […]
When I was able to admire it with my own eyes a year ago, I never imagined the connection I would make with that mountain for the rest of my life. I was on Kalapatar, a peak at 5,550 meters elevation, at [...]
Among those of us who run marathons, as among those who share any affinity, anecdotes jump out one after another. So it was last night between DSQ runners and our wives. Everyone tells their story, their moment, their excuse or reason, between [...]
In Santa Ana today it was raining like a good storm day, what a relief! My Asics will remain without running today and the 40 minutes of scheduled training, will remain in the limbo of the pending. The anxiety grows and although [...]
The organizers of the Cannes Lions have had several years of discussion, even with all its representatives, and they have finally decided: the Lion for Creative Effectiveness will be launched in 2011. Although for years Cannes has been awarding ideas with results, [...]
I have little to add to a topic that I sum up in two words: simple and elegant. So is the Mini or my Q5, so is the Mont Blanc or even more the iPad. In a few clicks I buy my [...]
Competitiveness starts with you. Improvement is one’s responsibility. Life is full of opportunities and taking advantage of them is one’s choice. Being better every day and turning every possibility into a contribution is, in essence, one’s choice. This is why, in the [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
As customers, we do not have a monopoly on the truth, although we always have the power to decide, to choose whether to approve or reject, to return or leave, to recommend or not, to repeat or discard. I believe that the [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be part of your life. Overcome your fears! Fear is subjective, personal, it is up to [...]
“Disorganized media and advertising clients” This post may sound relevant to media, brands and agencies only. However, for those who are not in these sectors, isn’t it true that we want better advertising, better brands, more value for our money? Who wants [...]
