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 […]
The influence received this week in Tribu was as if injected into the veins and transfused into the hearts of everyone in Tribu. They came, they shared and although they left, the truth is that they stayed with us for many years [...]
Today I received an email from Esteban Jimenez addressed to everyone at Tribu. His story seemed so important and real to me, that I thought it could contribute to you as it did to me. So here it goes: GIVING IT ALL [...]
If the world is change and constant evolution, I have a simple question: why do we insist on returning to the same old habits and customs? If we accept that change is an inherent ingredient of existence, why do we cling to [...]
ASCAP has opened registration for the next Young Lions, so dozens of young creatives under 28 years of age will soon be competing in the country to achieve one of the 3 pairs in Cyber, Print and Film that will go to [...]
Throughout our lives, we are confronted with decisions we never anticipated having to make. Relationship decisions Career decisions Financial decisions Parenting decisions The list goes on and on. To complicate matters further, the timeframe for making a decision is often short and [...]
Cannes Lions 2010 Titanium And Integrated Jury President Announced 21 January 2010 The elite Titanium and Integrated Jury, which awards breakthrough ideas and the best integrated campaigns, will be chaired this year by Bob Scarpelli, DDB Worldwide’s Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
Life-saving creativity! Every year and from all over the world, creative ideas stand out for both their genius and their transformative capacity. Here between one opportunity and another, I want to briefly leave you with two life savers. The first comes from [...]
Values that promote prosperity: in a practical simplification, there are two types of countries: those that prosper and those that do not. Apply the concept also to companies, institutions, families and all types of human organizations. Some advance and others stagnate or [...]
A Fuego Lento: this is my 1,650th blog post, a life experience I have enjoyed since April 2005. In writing I have taken my mind to the gym, propelled by the energy of my fingertips on the keyboard, and with each exercise [...]