Yes, yes, of course. Of course that sounds totally cheesy!
But let me tell you why it felt that way to me.
Here and there I had crossed the route of another train over the last few years.
Walter and his business were more china telegram screening like a slow train than an ICE. And so I always thought that I couldn't really learn much from it, because my train was supposed to go faster, not slower.
But whenever I encountered the Walter slow train, Walter would be sitting happily on top, typing away for a bit, then putting his work aside and letting the train drive itself for the rest of the day.
This didn't attract much attention, but something seemed to be working quite well, because the man was always deeply relaxed!
And since his train did not rush along so fast and had a timetable, people got on the train here and there, traveled a bit and then got off again at their destination.