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 [...]
Today will be chosen the 25 pairs of advertising creatives who will compete for the national Young Lions, and the grand prize of a trip to Cannes next June with tickets and lodging expenses covered. There they will compete with the other [...]
There is nothing simpler than that, from the depths of your heart, with all your mind in it, you make the decision to go in one direction. However, the complexity that we love to add to everything, even the simplest, betrays us. [...]
With Golds for Publimark Lowe and Ogilvy, Silvers for Garnier BBDO, JWT and DDB, as well as a Bronze for Tribu Saatchi Saatchi, we closed our country’s participation in FIAP in a great way and exceeding expectations. Yesterday I felt a bit [...]
I am very happy to receive the news of silver medals for Garnier BBDO and JWT Costa Rica at the Fiap, which brings the total to three statuettes for Costa Rica, adding the Bronze confirmed yesterday for Tribu in radio. That said, [...]