[namenotrequired]

Great tips, thank you. One tiny thing I -partly- disagree with:

"you absorb more info when you’re doodling than when you’re just listening" I think this differs a lot per person. I find creative types tend to be bad at focussing on one thing, and can focus better if they are distracted by something they control like doodling. Personally I tend to think very linearly and once I'm distracted by something, that immediately means I'm not focussing anymore.

[sturadnidge]

I think she's actually referring to this http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/27/doodling-doodl... rather than making a purely subjective statement. Having said that, I don't know of any studies that have replicated that finding so it may not be valid.

[bennyg]

Anecdotally, it's how I functioned best in a classroom setting.