Locate it. Rehearse it. Own it.

When someone tells me they “struggle in meetings,” it’s almost never the full 45 minutes. It’s one tiny pressure point — the moment they enter, the moment they need to speak up, the moment someone challenges them, the moment they must summarise or hand over. That’s all.
If you want real progress, stop analysing the entire meeting.
Find the 10 seconds that consistently throw you off.
Once you’ve identified that moment, here’s the practical path forward:
• Write one sentence you want to say in that exact situation.
• Rehearse it out loud once or twice — not the whole meeting, just that line.
• Use it in a low-pressure space first (voice note, friend, mirror).
• Deploy it in the real moment at the next meeting.
• Evaluate only that moment, not the whole call.
This is how we actually improve communication — not by drowning in theory, but by mastering one high-impact micro-moment at a time.
Shrink the target.
Stabilise the moment.
Everything else becomes easier.