来源：小故事网
译者：Ellison
一天，在书上看到一道选择题，觉得很有意思，便把它带到单位，让同事做出选择：
One day, I came across a piece of multiple choice, thinking that was so interesting that I brought it to my company and shared it with my leagues.
1、今天一次性给你100万元。
2、今天给你1元，连续30天每天都给你前一天2倍的钱。
你会选哪一个?结果所有的同事都选择了1.
There were two choices for you: one was that giving you 1 million RMB at a time today, the other was that to give you 1 yuan today and in the next 30 days, you will be given the money which is twice as much as that have given to you the day before. Which one will be your last choice? The result turned that all of my leagues chose the former one.
然而，选择1的，只能得到100万元。而如果选择2，却能在第30天得到5亿多元!当我把这个结果说出来时，同事们都不敢相信：第一天仅有1元，每天也只是比前一天增加一倍，怎么到了第30天就积蓄到5亿多元呢?一些固执者甚至运用中学所学的数学知识来进行验证，结果果然如此。
However, the one who select the former one can only get 1 million RMB while those who prefer to the second one can get 50 billion at last. When I told the result to them, they all couldn’t accept the fact that there only one yuan on first day and it just be twice as much as yesterday, how can it turn to such a mount of 50 billion at last? Some of them still behave stubborn and even use his knowledge to authenticate the fact. The result was the same as my explanation.
我想，这道选择题带给我们人生的启示是深刻的：不要企望一夜暴富，因为一夜暴富的财富总是有限的。
I think, from this multiple choice, we can draw a valuable lesson, that is do not expect to become a millionaire in overnight, because the fortune of become a millionaire in overnight is limited.
今天成功的起点再低，哪怕低到仅有“1元钱”，但只要你今天比昨天努力一点，明天比今天努力一点，每天努力一点，每天进步一点，就能创造一个意想不到的奇迹。
The starting point of success today, even if it is low to only "1 yuan", but if you work harder today than yesterday, tomorrow than today, every day a little harder work, a bit of effort and progress every day, you will create a little one unexpected miracle.
人生成功的过程，是一个连续不断努力的过程，是一个不断坚持、不断超越的过程。
The procedure of one’s succeeding is a continuous process of hard, is a process of constant insist, continuously surpass.
