Vocabulary: confidence and power

1. Speak with confidence and power.

First off, there was her voice. Slow, thoughtful, deliberate, commanding, and so eloquent. She delivered each word thoughtfully, as though it was a gift — and it was. My default nature is to speak quickly and reactively so I learned from Maya the importance of slowing down to carefully considering each word and speak with confidence and power. She did not speak off the top of her head, but from the depths of her soul. She knew who she was and stood firmly within her truth.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marianneschnall/2018/02/13/5-lessons-i-learned-from-my-interviews-with-maya-angelou/#4a1657ac4ce3