From early childhood people ask you what you want to be when you grow up. In high school, you start learning big words like “vision” and “purpose”, and absorbing the message that you need an inspiring framework to guide your life. But the working world doesn’t always seem to match these grand visions—or at least it seems not to care much about your deeper motivations. How do you reconcile these two seemingly incompatible things? Paradoxical though it may seem, you don’t really need to.Move away from your “nevers”You may have a fixed idea about how your career is “supposed to be”. But if you allow yourself to be more flexible in your thinking, unexpected opportunities may arise.Try not to chain yourself to a fixed idea of the future. Open yourself to the present instead.Find your flexibilityLife itself is fluid. Digging your heels in can keep you stuck in the past.The goal is to have a vision for your life while also allowing yourself to evolve.Think of the content of your...