Lead your life such that you wait for no man. Don't let any man or anything in life determine your next line of action, by so doing you will always procrastinate in life. Procrastination is the thief of time and which also deprives you getting what you deserve in due time.
Be proactive in life and ensure you are always engaged with something resourceful. Always have contingent and non contingent plan toward a plan or objective. With this you will always have something to attend to without having to wait for an occurrence of an event for taking decision.
The non contingent plans are plans that the variable to achieve the objective is within you sphere and control. The better you can identify the non contingency side of the plan the better the outcome and shorter will the time require to accomplish such objectives.
Never get boxed to the corner in life, always advance at least a step ahead