Fast + High-Pitched = Nervous and Low-Status

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Speed and pitch combine into a single status signal that listeners read almost instantly. Talking fast with rising pitches reads as nervous, weak, and low-status — regardless of what you're actually saying. The triple-stack fix: slow down, talk loud, pitch down at the ends of phrases.

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