What's Up With the Chess Board, Anyway?

A couple people have asked me about the significance of the chess board image that we include in every one of our USANA “Power of Two” updates.

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The idea was to provide a powerful visual, graphic representation of the Power of Two which will immediately cause the viewer to leap into extreme action to put the power of two to work for them to achieve incredible results immediately.

I guess my choice of image missed the mark in at least two instances!

Seriously, you will see that the first square of the chess board has “one” dot on it. The second square has “two” dots. The third square has “four” dots, etc. This doubling process (The Power of Two ) continues until the number reaches over 500 Billion (Yes, with a “B”) on the 40^th square.

Now, does that help you understand “The Power of Two” ?

EXTRA CREDIT – EXTRA CREDIT – EXTRA CREDIT:

If someone offered you One Million Dollars – OR – Gave you a penny on day one and offered to double the amount of that initial penny every day of a 31 day month, which would you choose, and why? Please provide specific numbers in your answer.

The first five people to submit the correct answer will receive recognition from their peers for being able to do grade school level arithmetic!

EXTRA CREDIT – EXTRA CREDIT – EXTRA CREDIT:

If someone has a better image for providing a powerful visual, graphic representation of the Power of Two, please send it along. We’ll put the best images up for a vote, and use the most popular one on our Power of Two reports.

Thanks!

Pete Zdanis