I will go anywhere as long as it’s forward.

Progress beats perfect planning

There's something almost defiant about this statement—a refusal to get stuck, even if the path ahead is completely unknown. Most of us spend energy worrying about direction, as if there's some objectively "right" way to move. But Livingstone's point cuts through that paralysis: forward itself is the commitment, not a particular destination or strategy.

This matters especially now, when we're often frozen by the pressure to have everything figured out. We delay starting because we can't guarantee the outcome, or we stay in situations that feel safe but stagnant because at least they're familiar. The quote suggests that stuckness is the real enemy, not uncertainty. Progress—real, honest movement toward something—has its own worth, independent of whether it matches some ideal plan we made earlier.

There's also a quiet radicalism here about adaptation. When you're committed only to moving forward, you stay flexible. You can adjust, learn, pivot, respond to what you actually encounter rather than what you predicted. It's not recklessness; it's the opposite. It's trusting that forward motion, even imperfect and exploratory, teaches you more than waiting for perfect clarity ever will.