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Kabir looked out at the hundreds of empty seats. He picked a red chair in the middle and practiced delivering his closing statement directly to it.

Kabir took a deep breath. He didn't fire up his graph. He looked directly at a woman sitting in the front row, smiled, and began. [_DUFORUM_]_Ankur_Warikoo__How_to_Speak_Effecti...

He knew his product was revolutionary. He knew the numbers were solid. But every time he opened his mouth to practice, his voice cracked, and his message got lost in a sea of technical jargon and nervous stammers. He was drowning in his own data. Kabir looked out at the hundreds of empty seats

"When you look at a crowd, do not see a crowd," Warikoo advised. "Pick one person in the front row. Make eye contact with them for a full sentence. Then move to someone on the left. When you speak to everyone, you connect with no one. When you speak to individuals, the whole room feels it." He didn't fire up his graph

Frustrated, Kabir pulled out his phone and mindlessly scrolled through social media to calm his nerves. That is when a video thumbnail caught his eye. It was a familiar face with a calm, reassuring smile: Ankur Warikoo. The title of the post read: How to Speak Effectively and Win Your Audience. Kabir clicked on it.