Besides giving you time, being a self-starter puts things into your own hands. Therefore, when others are busy mourning a lost relative, or when they lose all their savings and are facing starvation, you won't wait for someone to tell you what to do, but you rise up, dust yourself, and turn the tables. From where do you turn the tables? Well, you turn them from a situation resembling 'death' into something that is full of life – meaning the second chance that you give yourself.