Make new friends, earn more money

Well, sort of.

Daniel Petter-Lipstein sent me this article. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/the-secret-of-successful-entrepreneurs/

It talks to entrepreneurs specifically, but if your job/life is changing due to outside forces (it is), you kind of need to be one.

Bottom line...force yourself to meet people who aren't like you.