answer:I take a step back and rethink the situation completely to see if I can do better. If not, I go on to another interest, some other project, or read a book. A lot of things you either can’t do anything about at the moment and they just take care of themselves. But keep an eye out fortuitous changes in those factors that are out of control. Opportunities arise from nowhere unexpectedly, but are lost due to resignation and defeatism. Defeat is a luxury of the dead. You are not defeated until you are good and dead. ;-)