How to memorize a speech like a pro—fast, flawlessly, and without forgetting a word

The lights burn into your eyes. You try to see the audience, but the faces blur into blackness.

You swallow, but your mouth’s drier than week-old toast. Your heart’s pounding so loud, it drowns out everything else. Palms sweaty. Knees weak. Arms heavy. Mom’s spaghetti. Wait, did you just fall into an Eminem spiral? Snap out of it.

The audience is staring. The words are somewhere in your brain, but suddenly, they’re playing hide-and-seek.

This wouldn’t happen if you knew how to memorize ...