[ergothus]

As of this writing, a lot of comments are sharing their varied personal experiences in WFH.

Which is good, because they are all more interesting and valuable than the article, which skips the "varied" part and basically lumps everything in to "if you have troubles working from home, you need more willpower" (paraphrase).

I found it insulting and was a bit surprised to see what I assumed to be American work-fetish from a BBC article.

There are LOTS of reasons because people are very different and our environments are very different. I don't have kids, I am easily distracted by visuals or sounds in my periphery, I have a separate room for my home office, I don't have neighbors that share a wall or live above my ceiling, I have good internet service, I'm an introvert...so yeah, I have an easier time working from home. But those that don't, they obviously just lack dedication to work. Garbage.

[opportune]

I think willpower is an important factor, but not the only one. The bigger issue is viewing lack of willpower as a personal moral failing rather than something that can be fixed with practice and attention. I really buy into the fact that willpower is like a muscle that you can exercise and that there are real practical ways to improve it. I've seen huge increases in my own focus and working ability in the last five years - part of that due to a maturing prefrontal cortex but in large part also because I've taken concrete steps to improving it (and reducing procrastination).

That is not to say that all distractions are easily fixed or that everybody should have great focus and attention.

[Fr0styMatt88]

Can you give any tips on where to start? Any particular books or anything you found helpful in giving you practical ways to exercise your willpower?