“A single step in the right direction is worth more than ten in the wrong direction.”

Great effort can still carry a life in the wrong direction. Work feels like progress while it is happening, so movement alone can hide the fact that the desired result is getting farther away. Foresight gives effort a direction. It looks beyond what a choice achieves today and asks where that choice will lead tomorrow. A small step guided by that wider view can matter more than many impressive steps that will later have to be undone.

This kind of sight grows through attention. Past choices show which roads led somewhere useful and which ended in a return journey. Their lessons can make the next step slower and more careful, but also far more valuable.