What do you do in times of despair? Three things: 1. Keep dreaming, even when you’ve gone beyond the dreaming to the doing. Sustain yourself with the vision of how things could be (and will be, if you have anything to do with it). 2. Keep learning, even when you’ve gone beyond the preparation to the working. To not go forward is to go backward. Keep yourself motivated and well-equipped with a constant influx of new ideas and innovations. 3. Keep shooting, even when the shots aren’t falling. Jordan didn’t rise to number one in all-time points per game without taking an incredible amount of shots. And he missed more than he made (more than twice as many, in fact). My point? Keep shooting until you find your sweet spot.