Picture this: The year is 1988. President Ronald Reagan sits at his desk in the Oval Office. When he picks up his pen, he has extraordinary powers.
He can sign a bill to make it a law.
He can send U.S. troops into battle.
Or . . . he can doodle little horses and cowboy hats during a long, boring meeting.
Reagan was famous for scribbling little drawings, and he’s not alone. More than half of U.S. presidents have doodled. Big people in business, like Apple founder Steve Jobs, have done it too. How did these powerful people get away with zoning out? Isn’t it their job to pay attention?
As it turns out, doodling might have helped them do exactly that. It might help you too.