The "Million Dollar Idea" List - Creative Exercise 20

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Introduction

    Everyone wants to be a millionaire! I have not met a person who would turn down a million dollars if they were to make it, be given it, or win it. Even the richest folks in America would not give up the chance to have a million more bucks in one of their accounts. You know that they have 10+, right?

    Anyway, the creative exercise for my fourth week in Digital Illustration is called The “Million Dollar Idea List”, and I came across this exercise in the book CAFFEINE FOR THE CREATIVE MIND: 250 EXERCISES TO WAKE UP YOUR BRAIN written by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield.

    The writers of this book say they keep a list like this is their studio. Every time they come up with an idea, they write it down. They have been doing this for the past 10 years.

    The “Million Dollar Idea” List is a list of ideas of things that would potentially make a million dollars if they were produced.

My “Million Dollar Idea” List (With 1 idea from 6 others in my household):

Robot To Solve Your Problems

Houses That Fly

Invisible Doors

Glass Car

Invisibility Cloak

Translation Collar For Animals

Scanner For To-Go Food Orders (to make sure the order is right)

Electronics and clothes that cool off or heat up depending on the weather

Eyeglasses that adjust to your eyes sight as it changes over the years

A system that can blow heat into one area of a house and cool air into another area

An app on your phone that can form a protective shield around you to block UV Rays

An app that can detect with Autoimmune diseases are becoming more active

Conclusion

    Now that we have discussed more about different topics such as creative exercises, 20 ideas for businesses, and other topics, The “Million Dollar Idea” List reminded me of them. I think all of these things are good to keep handy, and they are not hard to create. I mean the ideation part may take time, and it may hit you days and months later, but it is still a good idea to keep them around because you never know what could happen. The creators of this creative exercise said that a few of the items on their list were produced and the person who went through with the production process did make a million or more. The possibilities are endless. I might have to keep my list going after I create it for this week's creative exercise so, this is the beginning.

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