Adjust your own pushing/calling range appropriately and then just play the cards you're dealt.
Seriously there's a whole range of things you need to take into account here, including the tournament situation and structure (I assume we're talking about tournaments here). It's not necessarily the right thing to JUST tighten up your calling range and wait it out - in a lot of cases, that'll result in you getting blinded down or out waiting for a hand, or getting blinded down to the point when even if you do catch a good hand and double up, you'll still be short stacked.
The solution is usually to have been more aggressive at an earlier stage to prevent this happening in the first place. And when it does happen, it's possible you should be looking into options like widening your shoving range and finding good spots to shove yourself and either steal blinds or (even better) double up.