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 […]
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 [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
All our decisions are essentially emotional, and for this reason, it is no coincidence that a handshake has been for years a property of Importadora Monge in Costa Rica, because trust has always been exalted with its concept “I have faith”, [...]
One of the winningest teams in the history of sport is called the All Blacks, they play rugby and they are from New Zealand. They inspire many publications, books, commercials and more, as their Haka and their record makes them unique in [...]
To connect emotionally, there is nothing better than a great story masterfully told, as HBO does with its films and programming, to the point of being able to exalt in its commercials that it is not television but stories. In this week’s [...]
It is noteworthy that in this commercial aimed at the large American market, the casting is definitely Latino. Also, the musical way with which it tries to connect emotionally and a simple story told in a pleasant way, focused on connecting with [...]
In the month of June, A Fuego Lento reached 261,514 page views.
The largest advertiser in the world, Procter Gamble, decided to bet on creativity in advertising for their brands and became one of the most awarded companies in major advertising festivals. They decided to emotionally connect their brands with the people who prefer [...]
