Phil for Humanity

A Guide for the Survival of Humankind, Improving the World, Society, and Yourself!

Articles for Personal Development


  1. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" is Wrong
  2. 0^0 is Undefined
  3. 13 Steps to be Productive
  4. 20 Mimuts
  5. 3 Reasons to Stop Using Dryers
  6. 5 More Wise (Ass) Sayings
  7. 5 Reasons Why Hype Sucks
  8. 5 Small Nutrition Tips That Make a Big Impact on Your Health
  9. 5 Smart (Ass) Sayings
  10. 6 Reasons Why We Lie
  11. 7 Reasons to Never Retire
  12. 8 Signs That You Work Too Much
  13. 9 1 Woops
  14. 9 Suggestions for Exercising More
  15. A Better Ring Tone
  16. A Broken Clock Might Not be Right Twice a Day
  17. A Homeless Survival Guide
  18. A Mother's Prerogative
  19. A Trashcan in your Car
  20. Abortion: Religion versus Practicality versus Morality
  21. Accept It and Move On
  22. Accidental Sofa Hack
  23. All Children are Geniuses
  24. All Men Are Not Created Equally
  25. An Analysis of Reasons for Allowing and Denying Gun Ownership
  26. An Easier Way to Check for a Wet or Soiled Diaper
  27. Another Fundamental Flaw with Online Advertisement
  28. Appearance is Everything
  29. Arguments can be Good
  30. Asking Forgiveness versus Permission
  31. Atheism versus Agnosticism
  32. Atheists have Morals
  33. Auto-Correcting People
  34. Baby Knee Pads
  35. Baby Toy Idea
  36. Be a Productive Member of Society
  37. Be a Respectable Adult
  38. Becoming Rich
  39. Being Too Serious
  40. Better Air Conditioner Automation
  41. Blog Carnivals
  42. Blood Filters
  43. Bodybuilding Problems
  44. Bored at Work
  45. Brush then Floss or Floss then Brush?
  46. Bullshit Answers
  47. Buy One, Get One Free
  48. Carnival of Debt Management - 28th Edition
  49. Carnival of Life, Happiness, and Meaning - 24th Edition
  50. Carnival of Small Business Issues - 18th Edition
  51. Cash Back from Credit Cards
  52. Change or Accept It
  53. Childhood is Stressful
  54. Chinese Saying about Children
  55. Choice is the only Freedom
  56. Clean Ears with Cotton Swabs?
  57. Colonizing Other Solar Systems
  58. Complaining is Good for You
  59. Computers > Humans
  60. Confusion with Daylight Saving Time
  61. Contacting Aliens
  62. Continuous Improvement
  63. Craps: The Game
  64. Cutting Edge versus Bleeding Edge Technology
  65. Dear Junk Mail Solicitors
  66. Death to Commuting
  67. Delegate to Someone with No Authority
  68. Demote Managers
  69. Desire is Suffering
  70. Diaper Bags versus Backpacks
  71. Doctor Appointment? Don't Wait Too Long!
  72. Does the End Justify the Means?
  73. Early Social Stratification
  74. Encountering Aliens from another World
  75. Etiquette to Reading and Replying to Emails
  76. Everyone has a Boss
  77. Everyone is Racist
  78. Evolution is Dead
  79. Evolution versus Religion
  80. Extroverts and Introverts
  81. Faith is a Mental Disease
  82. Famous Sayings
  83. Fear of Death and Dying
  84. Fear of Rejection
  85. Fibonacci Mystery Proof
  86. Fibonacci Mystery
  87. Firing Idiots!
  88. Five Motivational Tips
  89. Flaw Found with Microsoft's Spider Solitaire
  90. Free Parking
  91. Funny Asian Sign
  92. Gambling Advice
  93. Garage Door Confusion
  94. Gay Marriages
  95. Generic Business Plan
  96. Gift Cards are Evil
  97. Go To Bed Earlier
  98. Google's Problem
  99. Greed is Good and Bad
  100. Greeting Cards are a Rip-Off
  101. Grow, Plateau, and Go
  102. Gym Alternatives
  103. Handling Complaints
  104. Hate the Player and the Game
  105. Health is More Important than Wealth
  106. Help Identify These Mushrooms
  107. Homemade Word Puzzle
  108. How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?
  109. How Much Time to Reach the Nearest Star?
  110. How Science Fiction Misrepresents Cloning
  111. How to Build Better Trashcans
  112. How to Colonize the Solar System
  113. How to Design Better Gas Stations
  114. How to Divide by Zero
  115. How to Gain Weight And Build Muscle Fast for Skinny Guys
  116. How to Gain Weight
  117. How to Improve Flashlights
  118. How to Make Credit Cards More Secure
  119. How to Make Credit Cards even MORE Secure and More Widely Accepted
  120. How to Make Refrigerators and Freezers Easier to Access
  121. How to More Cheaply Cool a Fridge
  122. How to NOT Gain Weight
  123. How to Really Increase Your Self Confidence
  124. How to Recognize Junk Mail without ever Opening Them
  125. How to Reduce Stress
  126. Humanity's Responsibilities
  127. Hyper-Critical
  128. IT Self-Destruction by Management
  129. If You are not having Fun, then You are not Living
  130. Ignorance and Stupidity
  131. Ignorance is Bliss
  132. Immortality is Stagnation
  133. Improving Cereal Packaging
  134. Inflation is Higher than Investment Interest Rates
  135. Is College Worth It?
  136. Is Sarcasm Lying?
  137. Is it Time to Purchase Bank Foreclosed Properties?
  138. Is the Prime Directive Ethical?
  139. Issues with Modern Checkbooks
  140. It Does Not Matter
  141. It is Not about Being Right
  142. Knowledge is No Longer Power
  143. Knowledge, Intelligence, and Wisdom
  144. Laziness is the Father of Invention
  145. Less Me, More We
  146. Life is a Phase
  147. Live within your Means
  148. Lottery: A Stupid Man's Tax
  149. Mahjong Aggravation
  150. Managing is Common Sense
  151. Math Proof: Natural Log (X ^ Y)
  152. Mini-Mattresses
  153. Money Can Not Buy Happiness
  154. Morality is Black or White
  155. Morality versus Forgiveness
  156. Most Juices are Apple Juice
  157. Motivation for College
  158. My First Interview
  159. My Personal Gripes with the Ten Commandments
  160. Mysterious Giant Mushrooms
  161. Mystery Birds
  162. Mystery Fruits
  163. Natural versus Man-Made
  164. Never Donate or Trade In Your Car
  165. Next Please
  166. No Long-Term Planning is Stupid
  167. No Ouching
  168. Observing Objects near the Speed of Light
  169. Obsolete Technologies and their Replacements
  170. Offensive Topics
  171. Open Mind, Open Heart
  172. Optimistic?
  173. Overcoming Fear
  174. Overcoming Laziness
  175. Packaging Pollution
  176. Past, Present, and Future
  177. Perpetual Motion
  178. Pessimism versus Realism
  179. Pet Peeve #1: No Long Term Future
  180. Pet Peeve #2: Public Toilets
  181. Pet Peeve #3: All Natural is NOT Necessarily Good
  182. Pet Peeve #4: Most Foods are Organic
  183. Pet Peeve #5: The Best Parking Space
  184. Picture of a Funny Misspelled Sign
  185. Picture of a Least Chipmunk
  186. Pictures of Cherry Blossoms
  187. Plant a BETTER Tree
  188. Please Help Classify These Mushrooms
  189. Possessions are a Burden
  190. Practice Practice Practice
  191. Preventing Damage from Leaky Sinks
  192. Problem with All Toys
  193. Proof: 0 * Undefined = -1
  194. Proud to be Proud
  195. Proving Evolution
  196. Quality of Life (Part 2)
  197. Quality of Life
  198. Racist against Racists
  199. Raising Children Fairly and Equally
  200. Reason versus Faith
  201. Reasons For and Against Human Cloning
  202. Reasons for Apathy
  203. Recycle Christmas Trees
  204. Recycle Old Computers and Broken Electronics
  205. Recycling Batteries
  206. Recycling Kitchen Waste
  207. Recycling Rain Water
  208. Recycling Yard Waste
  209. Reducing the Electricity Consumption of Water Heaters
  210. Relieving Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Increasing Computer Productivity
  211. Religious Thought throughout the Middle Ages
  212. Retirement Calculator
  213. Revenge is a Dish Best Not Served
  214. Safety Issue with the Ford Edge 2010
  215. Save Money at Target
  216. Saving Money versus Saving Time
  217. Selecting a College Major
  218. Self-Confidence is Key in Poker
  219. Sentences Ending in Prepositions
  220. Short-Term versus Long-Term Capital Gains
  221. Sierpinski Triangle Using HTML 5
  222. Simple Headache Relief
  223. Sleep Nightmare
  224. Soft Drinks are Liquid Candy
  225. Speaking Carefully and Correctly
  226. Spicy Hot versus Temperature Hot
  227. Sterilizing Cell Phones
  228. Stop Playing Car Music
  229. Stop Re-Building Homes in the Floodplains
  230. Stop Using Credit Cards
  231. Stopping Junk Mail
  232. Stupid Questions versus Stupid People
  233. Suddenly Rich?
  234. Superstition versus Reason
  235. Teaching Patience
  236. The 5 Types of CEOs and What Motivates Them
  237. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Tenure
  238. The Advantages and Disadvantages of eStatements
  239. The Advantages of Setting Goals
  240. The Benefits of Delegation
  241. The Best Mortgage Comparison Website is Bankrate.com
  242. The Blame Game
  243. The Controversy over Stem Cell Research
  244. The Dangers of Scheduling with your Boss
  245. The Dangers of Traveling near the Speed of Light
  246. The Decreasing Quality of Movies
  247. The Definition of Morality and Ethics
  248. The Definition of Tuckle
  249. The Definitions of Lower, Middle, and Upper Classes
  250. The Dilemma for Young Women
  251. The Effects of the Black Death on the Middle Ages
  252. The First Worldwide Culture is the Internet
  253. The Four-Step Plan to End Credit Card Offer Solicitations
  254. The Great Waste of Pumpkins
  255. The Guessing Game
  256. The Highest Possible Score in Backgammon
  257. The History and Introduction of Nuclear Chemistry and the Atomic Model
  258. The History and Psychological Effects of UFOs on the American People
  259. The Merits of Two Backups
  260. The Mystery of Light and the Theory of Relativity
  261. The N Word
  262. The Origin of Morality and Ethics
  263. The Price of Progress
  264. The Problem with LASIK
  265. The Problems with IT Firefighting
  266. The Pros and Cons of Corporal Punishment
  267. The Pros and Cons of Negativity
  268. The Right and Wrong Ways to Boost Morale
  269. The Secret of Success
  270. The Secret to Happiness
  271. The Secret to a Clean Home
  272. The Secret to a Well Kept Yard
  273. The Secret to the Bellagio Hotel's Buffet
  274. The Television versus the Internet
  275. The Turtle and the Rabbit
  276. The Types of Employees at Large Companies
  277. The Types of Managers
  278. The World's Most Annoying Game
  279. The World's Stupidest Game: Coin Toss: Heads or Tails
  280. Think Before Donating
  281. Think Before You Speak
  282. This is a Social Bookmarking Experiment
  283. Those Who Ignore History are Doomed to Repeat It
  284. Time Travel Theories
  285. Time is Our Most Valuable Asset
  286. To All Smokers and Non-Smokers
  287. To Rent or Own?
  288. Toilet Paper is Not Sterile
  289. Top 18 Signs Your Department is Being Laid Off
  290. Top Ten Reasons Why No One Clicks on Your Ads
  291. Turn a Dream into a Goal
  292. Two Car Insurance Cards
  293. Umbrellas, Umbrellas, Umbrellas
  294. Undefined * Undefined = Undefined
  295. Undefined + Undefined = Undefined
  296. Understanding Behavior Types
  297. Understanding Heavy Metal Music
  298. Upgrading Smoke Detectors
  299. Useless Christmas Gifts
  300. Voice Mail Enhancement Idea
  301. Waking Up Less Sleepy
  302. Web 2.0 versus AdSense
  303. Wetting Public Toilet Paper in Public Restrooms
  304. What Causes Stress?
  305. What Doesn't Kill Us Will Try Again
  306. What You Need to do when Global Warming Causes Rising Sea Levels
  307. What does Infinity Divided by Infinity Equal?
  308. What does Infinity Minus Infinity Equal?
  309. What does Infinity to the Negative One Power Equal to?
  310. What does Zero Times Infinity Equal?
  311. What is Rich?
  312. What is Wrong with "How are You?"
  313. When to Replace an Aging Car
  314. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
  315. Why Demonstrations and Petitions Do Not Work
  316. Why People Interrupt
  317. Why People Make Bad Decisions
  318. Why Rumors are Bad
  319. Why Would Aliens Attack Humanity?
  320. Why a Career Turns into a Job
  321. Why do Foods Taste Better when Someone Else Cooks?
  322. Wooden versus Concrete Roofs
  323. Words with Silent Letters
  324. Wristwatches are a Dying Technology
  325. Wristwatches are still Dying
  326. ln 0 is Undefined


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