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Great Escape Radio Episode 75: It comes down to decision “The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”- Brian Tracy For more information on getting started with travel writing, go here: www.greatescapepublishing.com/travelwriting. Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Lori Allen, Great Escape Publishing Director, discuss the importance of making a fast start—even if it isn’t perfect. Lori started thinking about the importance of taking a first step—even when you’re not ready or trained—while watching her daughter in the swimming pool. “When my daughter Charlie was four years old, she wouldn’t put her face in the water. But by the next year, she was diving to the bottom of the pool.” She wasn’t actually swimming, just doing a dog-paddling type of move. Lori knew she could learn how to really swim with the help of lessons and she promised Charlie she would get her lessons and goggles. “You’ll be swimming all the way across the pool after you take lessons.” But Charlie ha