6. The Tax Man Will NOT Come Knocking

There’s an urban legend about someone who takes a job and forgoes a regular paycheck in exchange for receiving a penny at the end of his first day of work and having it double each day for 31 days. Most of us would immediately think with the right side of our brains, and the emotional charge from this intuitive side would say, “A penny? No way! I’ll take the regular paycheck.” Those who took a moment and pulled from the other side of the brain, pausing for reflection, would be rewarded. That’s because that penny doubling every day ...

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