How to Stop Playing Pro-Life Traffic Cop
Are you a pro-life traffic cop? All of us pro-lifers are to some extent, but it’s important to know exactly to what extent. What do I mean? If your sole […]
Creating the First National Pro-Life Women’s Healthcare Brand
Below are the remarks I made at a talk I gave in Midland, TX on May 19, 2022 Everybody has a story, everybody has their why for getting involved in […]
Overturning Roe won’t reduce abortions as much as this will
In Monday’s article here, I argued that the overturning of Roe v Wade will only reduce abortions nationwide by 10 – 20%. A great victory, for sure, but not the […]
Does the Pro-Life Community have its Head in the Sand?
Yes, it does. What do I mean? I mean we in the Pro-Life Movement have put so much hope in the overturning of Roe v Wade for so long that […]
Don’t Be Generous. Be Demanding.
I’m sure the title of the article caught your attention!
My question to you, as well as to myself, is why does that imperative – “Don’t be generous. Be demanding.” – cause such a negative emotional reaction within us?
“Affectus Per Solam” vs. Algorithms
“Affectus Per Solam” means “By Feelings Alone.”
Western secular culture today is moved by a hyper-focus on an individual’s feelings.
When it comes to examining ideas, it’s interesting how often you will hear someone ask another, “How do you feel about that?” instead of “What do you think about that…?”
Pro-Life Algorithms
We humans love a great story.
We are easily pulled into stories about heroic adventure.
The movie industry in Hollywood knows this well.
It’s unlikely you can think of any blockbuster movie that didn’t have a basic plot line of a hero overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles to win the day…
I Like Your Idea, But…
“I like your idea, but I don’t like you.”
Ouch.
That’s not what an entrepreneur wants to hear after presenting a business opportunity to a prospective investor…
Keeping Emotions In Check
When we are passionate about the products and services we offer our customers, it is very difficult to objectively evaluate just how much value our customers get from our products.
After all, passion is an emotion…
All Hat, No Cattle
In the previous article, I finished with the claim that, like the sharks on Shark Tank, a pro-life philanthropist who saw a typical PHC’s “sales” results, would say to a PHC board of directors and its executives, “I’m out, until you fix this.”
In their competition against Planned Parenthood, the vast majority of PHCs in the U.S. cannot bring forward a data-centric analysis that proves to a prospective pro-life philanthropist that there is significant demand for the PHC’s “choose life” product offering, as measured by market share…