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 […]
Innovate or Die The conventional view of business holds an arguable principle: “grow or perish.” Due to the usual transactional, incremental, and certainly linear attention within companies, it would seem to be true and sufficient, because we assume things either go up [...]
We have received the welcome news that Ferrán Adrià will be in Costa Rica to detonate innovation and share his secrets in the kitchen. With 1,846 dishes invented during 25 years in the kitchen of elBulli, his legendary restaurant ranked as the [...]
I invite you to get to know Khan Academy. Its mission is to provide free, world-class education to anyone in every corner of the world. For students, teachers and parents alike, Khan has come to deliver an extraordinary solution. It allows you [...]
Perception is reality. Really? Neuroscience observes, measures and analyzes the way our brain works, to remind us that we are complex systems of reasons and emotions, in the simplest possible summary. So, perception is reality? The usual thing is to believe we [...]
Today the Costa Rican National Design Team, grouped together in a natural, informal and spontaneous way, with incalculable talent, heartfelt emotion, visible admiration and genuine spirit of celebration, has rendered a Graphic Tribute to the Sele. Its organizers Marianella Snowball and Noé [...]
I had the opportunity to be in the three matches that the Sele lost in the World Cup in Germany. When we were eliminated in the last game against Poland, it was embarrassing to listen with astonishment to the Tico fans chanting [...]
“We human beings are biologically loving beings as a feature of our evolutionary history. This means two things: the first is that love has been the central emotion preserved in the evolutionary history that gave rise to us since some five to [...]
We are so convinced that we live in the Switzerland of the Americas that many do not want change or NAFTA. We live such a pure life, that there is no shortage of those who have no interest in competition, legitimate self-improvement, [...]
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 [...]