Hockey great Wayne Gretzky was once asked what made him different from other professional players. He answered, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” If you’re trying to find a job right now, your success may depend on whether you look for where the opportunities are now (the linear dimension) or where they’re going to be (the nonlinear and random dimensions). Most of us take a linear approach. But learning to manage your professional life along all three dimensions could put you way ahead of the game.