Imagine someone offers you a choice: take $1 million today, or start with a single penny and double your money every day for 30 days. Which would you choose? Most people would take the million dollars. It’s real, it’s immediate, and there’s no uncertainty about what you’re getting. Turning down a million dollars for a penny seems ridiculous. But there’s a catch. If you start with a penny and double it every day, by day 30, you’ll have $5,368,709.12. That's more than five time