After 23 years in foodservice sales, I thought I understood rejection. Then an old customer accepted 140 pounds of samples, pricing, a credit application and hours of my time—and gave me silence. What happened next reminded me that sometimes the best sales lesson is knowing when to stop chasing.

What happens when the career you knew disappears, the comeback isn't what you expected, and at 53 you still don't know what comes next? Greg Lopez writes about starting over, fear, fatherhood, exhaustion, Boss Global Radio, and learning that sometimes courage simply means getting back in the car.