How to Speak With Confidence Without Using Hedges

Hedges reduce our impact right the problem is people are less likely to listen to us because they think we're less confident and that's why it goes back to the idea of confidence or certainty. We have to be careful i'm not saying we should never hedge right i actually think hedges are quite useful there are times when we want to communicate uncertainty where we don't know something for sure but we at least need to be aware of the impact that we're having. There are certain hedges that are signal more less certainty and can be used according okay so how do we speak with confidence without using hedges? And by the way just to be clear let's redefine a hedge is