Exodus 14 of the Bible includes a famous story everyone’s heard about: The parting of the Red Sea.

The Israelites were fleeing captivity and slavery in Egypt at the hands of Pharaoh.

With the Egyptian army closing in on them, the Israelites stood at the edge of the Red Sea with nowhere to go.

So God told Moses to stretch out his arm to part the waters...

BUT the waters didn’t part until the children of Israel TOOK A STEP toward the Red Sea.

In the New Testament of the Bible, while Jesus was walking on water, he told Peter to take a step toward him - ON the water - to meet him.

These stories remind me that the first step is usually the hardest.

(Or, as we say in boxing, the first round is the hardest.)

For example, at the half-marathon most of my Coaches and I ran in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this year, that first mile was the hardest.

The first step is usually the scariest, too, no matter what you're doing...starting a business, going on a first date, or even starting the Code Red Lifestyle™.

I wish more people understood that NOT taking that hard or scary first step is worse than the fear or difficulty of taking it.

I’m not good at very many things, but I don’t fear taking chances, because when I take a chance, I have a 50/50 chance of being right.

Sometimes I’m right. Sometimes I’m not. But I find out.

If I don't take a chance, on the other hand, I have a zero percent chance of being right.

Tune into this episode to find out why taking that first step and finding out if you're right is the key to an amazing, fulfilling life that you'll be proud of (and quite possibly, the key to getting and keeping your weight off).

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