Truth 45. Break down big decisions into smaller ones

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean. They would initially follow the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, across the Rocky Mountains, to see if they could find a water route to the west. Their Corps of Discovery covered 8,000 miles in just over two years. While they failed to find a route entirely by water, they charted the geography and learned about the wildlife and native people, opening the West to later exploration and settlement.

While they had a general plan for heading west to the Pacific, starting on the Missouri River and moving to the Columbia, the explorers made their way one campsite at a time. ...

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