2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
In a little less than 4 minutes, Richard St.John presents his proposal to be a resounding success in life, where among other variables, he includes passion, perseverance… and having a mom who pushes! Don’t miss it.
I feel safe flying. As I write I listen to “Mr. Tough”, from a playlist I bought on iTunes called Outdoor Freedom. The headphones I’m wearing isolate the ambient noise and generate a sense of isolation that fascinates me, as everything continues [...]
Every month I have published the number of hits reached on the blog, as a curious and revealing data of the virality possible on the Internet. In May, the number of hits doubled that of the previous month, coming from 5,112 different [...]
Today is a particularly significant and exciting day, because we have set out to promote an idea: to change the name of Guatemala to Guatemaya, and for this reason, today, June 1, 2007, we are in Antigua promoting this idea. As I [...]
Be sure to take a look at the future at Apple. Exciting, triggering, inspiring, fascinating, engaging. No wonder this spectacular emotional connection with Apple, Mac, iPod… Thanks Fabio Obando for the link!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]