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 [...]
We live in an environment where the importance of something is often measured by the degree of urgency with which it has to be addressed. That’s why a visit to a Festival of the magnitude of the Ojo is like receiving one [...]
The piece that did not even approve the client is the big brother of the frauds, while the piece that advertises a client that does not even exist is the daddy of the frauds. Whether or not you agree with these unimportant [...]
If you were to ask me to describe the Eye of Ibero-America in one word, I would say just one: CHALLENGING. If you gave me the option of a second, I would confess: INTIMIDATING. And if you allowed me a third, I [...]
In the attached file you will find a happy surprise: a spread from the book Lovemarks, the future beyond brands, which I am including in the blog for your use and benefit. However, I insist on something that I have said a [...]
