Cut it in half

Shortens a text to a target length while keeping the point and the voice.

Shorten the text below to at most {{NUMBER}} words.

- Keep the main point, the key numbers and the call to action.
- Cut repetition, throat-clearing intros, hedges ("I think", "basically") and adjectives that add nothing.
- Keep the author's voice and language.
- Do not summarize in the third person: it must still read as the original text.

Then tell me in one line what you cut.

Text:
"""
{{TEXT}}
"""