1. Create, notice and act on chance opportunities

You can't network or have new experiences which could open a door if you're sitting alone at home dwelling on everything that's going wrong. Even though he no longer had a drywall business, my husband woke up every morning, got into his truck and drove off looking for ways to keep the kids in shoes and food on the table. When he wasn't swinging a hammer, he spent countless hours on the phone sitting in a parking lot somewhere, ringing acquaintances, friends and strangers trying to figure out his next right move