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the home sets professionals up to be both distracted and unable to detach them-

selves from work.

For one, although working from home may be effective for many, most people are 

likely to get distracted under these conditions.  For example, a former manager of 

mine once delegated a writing task to me and instructed me to complete it at home.  

When I went to engage the project, I found it difficult to stay focused in an environ-

ment I traditionally relaxed in, and as a result the quality of my work suffered.  My 

experience clearly shows that for people like myself, working from home is disadvan-