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 Why to How to What.” I was going through the resources in Prezi, when I came across a presentation with Simon Sinek and his 2009 Ted Talk. In today’s day and age it’s like from prehistoric times, and yet with ideas [...]
I agree with the person who said he preferred the future. After all, that’s where we’re going to spend the rest of our lives, right? Hmmm. Not so fast as the only instant we live in is the here and now. Definitely [...]
I have a signal from my body that you could help me interpret: it’s getting worse every year! That is, either the viruses are getting more and more powerful (like influenza), or I am not getting any younger. There could be a [...]
Steve Jobs defined design first in relation to operation and not appearance, so it is not difficult to understand his successes for so many years. Form and substance must tell their genesis from the very same creative moment. Einstein said it and [...]
From the book by Armando Vargas Araya, La Vía Costarricense, published by EUNED in 2005, this is a wonderfully inspiring text as it initiates a broad, open and participatory process. What is La Via Costarricense? It is a dynamic conceptual tool to [...]
Thinking about the Costa Rican Way, a few days ago I wrote a message to my great friend, Armando Vargas Araya, journalist, historian, politician and wonderful human being. In a few words, these were my two lines: Armando dear, whose idea was [...]
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, [...]
