Thinking time: Why are trains so cheap?

Train tickets are so CHEAP.
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Ok, before I get shouted at, let me explain.

Yes, it annoys me immensely that me my 2 hour 40 min journey to London costs £120-£150, but here’s the thing. The train gives me Armani-quality thinking time in a Primark-quality thinking time world.
There is something about the rhythm of the train’s noises and the background chatter of other people’s discussions (not the annoyingly loud phone users of course…) that makes for a great environment for thinking.

Because I know that creative and productive musings often happen in this over-priced thought-lab, I have a few questions saved in a note that can help to kickstart the process.

✅ If I were starting project X from scratch, how would I approach it now?
✅ What have I failed at recently, and what have I learned from it?
✅ What would I do if I were not afraid?
✅ What types of people and what skills will the orgs I lead need in 6-12 months. And why?
✅ What would need to be true to make very difficult projext Y get finished in 6 months instead of 10 years?
✅ What would it take to bring forward all of next year’s revenue into this year?

And so on. Your questions will be different, but I think the train is a brilliant place to let your mind drift into big strategic thinking.
Sounds like a bargain to me.

And here are some questions for you…
🙋‍♂️ which questions would be on your list?
🙋‍♂️ which places help you to think most clearly?