Hey everybody, I'm Coach Bill Courtney from the Oscar-winning documentary, Undefeated.

I believe that our country's problems can never be solved by a bunch of fancy people

and nice suits talking big words that nobody ever uses on CNN and Fox, but rather bang

Army of Normal folks. Us, just you and me saying, hey man, I can help.

Our podcast and Army of Normal folks is building up this army that I think can change this country,

and I hope you'll join us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Good morning, this is Laura. Welcome to the new corner office, the podcast where we share

strategies for thriving in the new world of work or location and hours are more flexible than in the

past. Today's tip is to give a new workplace a try, your own parked car. If your house is just too

loud or distracting, your car presents a reasonable alternative. Now I know that in normal times,

plenty of people work in their cars by taking calls during their commutes. This is not really a

great idea. The data on distracted driving are pretty grim. If you need to take a call, pull over.

But I do understand why people tend to take calls from their cars even beyond the perceived

productivity boost of multitasking. A car is enclosed and generally pretty quiet.

It's also private. So no one can overhear a conversation.

If you're working from home, you can capture some of these benefits by working from your own parked

car. If you stay parked in your own driveway, you can probably use your house Wi-Fi.

Now I will put in here the obvious caveat that if you're running the car for the air conditioning

in summer, you should not be in your closed garage. But if the temperatures are moderate,

so you don't need to run the car, then you can work where you want. If you do need to run the AC,

make sure you're outside. Some libraries have kept their Wi-Fi going while they're closed,

precisely so people can park in their parking lots and work. In any case, if the kids are being

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