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 [...]
Leo Burnett Australia ignited everyone’s imagination with an idea that makes us smile, excites us and makes us contagious. The presentation of Leo and its Contagious division has just finished, an extraordinary seminar, superior to any other seen during the week. And [...]
In turn, Saatchi Saatchi’s global network managed to sneak in as the third most awarded network at Cannes 2007. Undoubtedly, another great year for the creative organization headed by Bob Isherwood, as well as for Tony Granger in New York, which in [...]
This is an award at Cannes that we all applaud, because it presents the false advertising evolution of feminine beauty and the reason why it is totally misrepresented. A thunderous applause for Dove and Ogilvy Canada. Standing ovation, with millions of hits [...]
With this Lion I immediately connected with Jay Gallegos and his entire team at Mesoamerica Energy, neighbors on the second floor of our building. To all who have made the wind a hero, cheers! Epuron commercial in Germany, which reiterates what Al [...]
