In "how to jump-start a car battery," what is the first step?

The first step is to find some jumper cables and ensure they reach between the two batteries and may need to do some manouvering with the 'live' car to be able to connect the two. Also, there needs to be a person in the 'dead' car trying to turn the engine over and ready with the gas to keep the car going to activate its own charger to charge the battery and not turn the car off until the battery is charged.