Change of profession or change of mind?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: Dear Sir,

All desires, all wants are motivated by the ego, and hence desire too is an extension of the self. Now my question is that if we are our thoughts only, then how does one move from what one does not like, let us say his present occupation, to what one likes, let’s…