I will START by saying we all grew up to hear the concept of "better late than Never" and we felt it was ok. In my country, we talk about the Nigerian time that is scheduling a meeting or an event for 4 pm but showing up or starting the event by 6 pm. This is the problem we are facing in every aspect of our lives. I believe to overcome this issue we just have to change our belief system, preparing for the event before time and obviously correcting our internal clock then lateness would be the thing of the past. Remember time lost cannot be regained.