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Thank you for visiting my little personal corner of the web, where I occasionally exercise my fingertips on the keys of my Mac.

This is my blog. In its drawers I keep memories, ideas and reflections, with no other purpose than that of a photo album or a treasure chest of memories. I do this because I believe in the power of words and the construction of experiences and memories.

Without further ado, I invite you to explore with me. I appreciate your company.

The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

Neither Retired, Nor Reinventing Myself: I’ve Simply Arrived

It’s curious how, at certain moments in life, you start hearing questions that reflect what people think and expect of you. “Have you retired yet?” “So, what are you doing now?” “Are you reinventing yourself?” “What’s next?” I’ve found myself facing these [...]

Nothing is impossible: the attitude needed to achieve success

Perhaps the first three words of this article’s headline have made you think of Adidas’ ” Impossible is Nothing ” campaign, but no, I don’t intend to write about it (although I’ll gladly add one of its iconic commercials to the end [...]

A Tribute to the Competitors I Once Sought to Defeat

From Competitors to Great Friends Competition is a temptation I can’t resist. I’m driven by an overwhelming desire to win. That’s why I choose my battles carefully, only entering those where I sense a chance of victory. I have to admit, I’m [...]

We’re all main characters in our own lives

I blinked. Usually, it takes barely a tenth of a second to blink; at most, five milliseconds more. And that’s how it goes: in the fraction of a second it takes to blink, more than 650 days have passed since the last [...]

My Campaign Wrap-Up

Hello, everyone! It’s been ages since we’ve connected here on the blog. I can barely remember where the tilde or the em dash is on the keyboard. It’s so easy to let good habits, healthy eating, or work-life balance slip away. In [...]

The next stage in my life

In October 2019 I listened to a chat led by an influential professor at the IE Madrid Business School – Dr Teresa Martin Retortillo. Her talk posed a powerful idea: purposeful transformation. I was listening to it alongside members of the G50, [...]