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Habits for Creating a Career You Can Love (from US News World Report) By CURT ROSENGREN Posted: November 12, 2009 The career you have today is the cumulative累积 result of the choices you have made up until now. The career you have next year, or 10 years from now, will stem from起源 the choices you make starting today. Some of those choices will be conscious, while others will be the result of ingrained根深蒂固 habits. And when you develop the right habits, they can be a powerful force in propelling you in a positive direction. With that in mind, here are five habits that will move you toward a career you can love: Career passion habit No. 1: Pay attention. Many people go through their days on autopilot自动驾驶. Thats a shame, because it cheats them of the opportunity to gain insights that could form the basic building blocks of a career they love. Make it a habit to pay attention to two things at work: what you love about your job and what you dislike. Your goal is to understand the details of your experience, because understanding the details gives you something specific to work with as you pursue positive change. Think of your work as a big research experiment aimed at helping you uncover what energizes给予能量 you and what drains you. Youre conducting the experiment whether you know it or not, but unless you pay attention, you cant reap the benefits. One way to develop this habit is to schedule a regular time to take stock of whats happening. Maybe thats an end-of-day review or a weekly—perhaps monthly—one. The frequency is less important than the fact that youre paying attention. Career passion habit No. 2: Reverse-engineer your insights. Paying attention gives you insights into what works for you and what doesnt. In this reverse-engineering habit, you peel back the layers of those insights. Its about asking why, as in Why do I enjoy this so much? What is it about this that is so appealing? Why does this drive me nuts? What is it about this that grates on me? Asking why l