Monotonous speech is like having a block chunk of text on a PowerPoint slide: no one wants to read it and it's not digestible. Here's a tip to vary your speech cadence, pitch, and tone, and insert effective pauses to keep your audience engaged. You'll sound more confident if you harness the pregnant pause. According to recent research, the average professional speaks at a rate of 150 words per minute. Yet the average person thinks at a rate that is at least 4 times faster (according to Colorado State University).

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