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Turning Past Into Presents to Increase Confidence
When it comes down to confidence, it sounds like what's most important is certainty. People who are new to positions and roles often will use hedging language that can be working against them. But there are times where I might purposely want to lower my status to invite others to speak. When we use present tense, people think we're much more confident or certain in what we're saying.