Most people think pausing makes them look nervous or unprepared. The opposite is true. When you pause, you give your audience time to process what you just said. You give yourself time to think about
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—Views / houraverage velocity since it published
—Peak velocitythe hottest sustained views/hr it ever hit
—vs. their normalpace relative to this creator's own baseline
—Engagementlikes per view — real engagement is hard to fake
—Agehow early Slope caught this surge