Retake
PRACTICE · MEETINGS

Land your point in meetings — in thirty seconds, not three minutes.

Be the person whose thirty seconds everyone remembers — not the one people wait to finish.

● Try this drill free — 60 secondsStart the 30-day program

NO SIGNUP · YOUR TAKE STAYS PRIVATE

Sound familiar?

  • You talk in the order you think: context, caveats, then the point.
  • “I just think maybe we could…” — and nobody acts on it.
  • You get interrupted before you reach the ask.
WHAT ONE TAKE LOOKS LIKE

Say it. Get marked up. Fix one thing. Retake.

THE PROMPT

Give a 30-second update on a project that's running late.

TAKE 1 — WHAT YOU SAID

So I just wanted to quickly give a bit of context on where we are, um, there have been a few things that kind of came up with the vendor…

The new date arrives after 40 seconds and three “just”s — most of the room has stopped listening.

THE ONE THING FOR TAKE 2

Open with the date and the reason: “We'll ship on the 14th, not the 7th — the vendor slipped.”

HEDGES

6 → 0

Take 1 → take 3 (illustrative)

WHAT YOU'LL TRAIN

Three skills from the 30-day program.

DAY 05

Drop the hedge

Say it once, say it plainly, and if you're unsure, say exactly how unsure.

DAY 12

Say it in half

Cut the run-up, cut the backstory, end once.

DAY 28

The executive update

Lead with the decision you need; everything else supports it.

Hear how you really sound — in 60 seconds.

“Give a 30-second update on a project that's running late: what happened, the new date, and what you need from the room.”

● Record my first take