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Seven Steps to Inner Power: How to Break Through to Awesome
Meet every challenge and overcome every obstacle with keys from a female martial arts grandmaster
Are you pursuing your dreams with the enthusiasm and focus of an Olympic athlete? Or do you put limits on who you can be and what you can achieve? In this compelling guide to fearless, creative living, Tae Yun Kim, a martial arts great grandmaster, shows that no matter what your age or background, culture or career, you don't have to settle for anything less than awesome in your life.
She should know. Once abused, abandoned, and forbidden to pursue her passion to train in the martial arts, she broke through the ultimate glass ceiling to become one of the most highly ranked martial artists in the world today and the founder of her own school of martial arts aimed at overcoming limitations in every area of life.
Now in Seven Steps to Inner Power, Dr. Tae Yun Kim reveals how you, too, can apply the secrets she teaches to break through every barrier to your own personal and professional goals. Her hard-earned experience along with a wisdom rooted in ancient martial arts tradition are the perfect combination to get you to rethink what is possible for you--and to reach for it with gusto. In this uniquely inspiring and down-to-earth guide, you will learn how to:
• Apply her seven power principles to bring the creative part of yourself out of hiding and into action with confidence
• Identify and overcome the real barriers to your happiness and fulfillment
• Create a strong future unhindered by the past, your environment, or your own self-criticism
• Free yourself from self-defeating ways of thinking with five mental habits to boost your determination and drive
• Align your thoughts and actions to seize control of the present moment, and much more
Most importantly, Dr. Kim's empowering tools, insights, and strategies will show you how to keep your power turned on at every twist and turn of your journey as you aim for awesome with unstoppable power, passion, and purpose.
Are you pursuing your dreams with the enthusiasm and focus of an Olympic athlete? Or do you put limits on who you can be and what you can achieve? In this compelling guide to fearless, creative living, Tae Yun Kim, a martial arts great grandmaster, shows that no matter what your age or background, culture or career, you don't have to settle for anything less than awesome in your life.
She should know. Once abused, abandoned, and forbidden to pursue her passion to train in the martial arts, she broke through the ultimate glass ceiling to become one of the most highly ranked martial artists in the world today and the founder of her own school of martial arts aimed at overcoming limitations in every area of life.
Now in Seven Steps to Inner Power, Dr. Tae Yun Kim reveals how you, too, can apply the secrets she teaches to break through every barrier to your own personal and professional goals. Her hard-earned experience along with a wisdom rooted in ancient martial arts tradition are the perfect combination to get you to rethink what is possible for you--and to reach for it with gusto. In this uniquely inspiring and down-to-earth guide, you will learn how to:
• Apply her seven power principles to bring the creative part of yourself out of hiding and into action with confidence
• Identify and overcome the real barriers to your happiness and fulfillment
• Create a strong future unhindered by the past, your environment, or your own self-criticism
• Free yourself from self-defeating ways of thinking with five mental habits to boost your determination and drive
• Align your thoughts and actions to seize control of the present moment, and much more
Most importantly, Dr. Kim's empowering tools, insights, and strategies will show you how to keep your power turned on at every twist and turn of your journey as you aim for awesome with unstoppable power, passion, and purpose.
- GenresSelf HelpNonfiction
280 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2018
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May 14, 2024
4.5/5 stars! This self-improvement book stands out from any other I’ve read, it was incredibly thoughtful and motivational. The author has such a remarkable story - reading about her journey alone was quite inspiring (especially as a woman in martial arts). Would definitely re-read and take more time to follow the thought exercises/journal prompts.
May 26, 2018
I still haven't finished reading this book, and I’m not super far into it; but, so far, so good. The author shares stories from her life, making you believe her words even more – like you feel as though, she means what she says, because of what she's been through. I look forward to finishing it.
April 18, 2018
Seven Steps to Inner Power: How to Break Through to Awesome by Tae Yun Kim is a self-help book that has a lovely mix of self-actualization and self-affirmation. Kim has written a book that is full of positivity and looking forward to helping you achieve your goals. This book is full of wonderful examples, scenarios, and concepts that Kim explains in such detail you will feel as if you are talking to a friend. You will enjoy and relate to the personal stories Kim shares. Overall, an insightful read that is sure to give you useful tips and tricks to help you achieve your goals.
June 8, 2018
Dr Tae Yun Kim shares her life from birth facing insurmountable challenges and early if life, determined to 'Be an Original", not giving in to culture and tradition to overcome. Becoming a legendary female Great Grandmaster, High tech CEO, Lecturer, TV talk show host and the list is endless. Sharing tools with the reader on uncovering the strength and inner power we all possess. Highly recommend
July 25, 2018
This is an incredible book! If you are looking for solid advice on how to attain the goals you set for yourself and overcoming the natural fear that we all have this is the book for you. This is one of the few books that will keep you turning the page until you reach the end. The advice given is very easily something you can integrate into your daily life.
January 1, 2019
There were many good tips to help those who want to live a better and more authentic life.
September 11, 2022
beautiful book wrote by a beautiful soul, thank you master
December 17, 2018
This book - Seven Steps to Inner Power -seemed intriguing to me from the moment I saw its cover because it presents self-help ideas from a different perspective - that of a female martial arts master. I was lucky enough to win an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I think this book is worthwhile for any gender. I liked how the author, Tae Yun Kim, tells her readers to be practical. That does not mean to give up or not try, and one of her examples really hit home with me - tat of a person saying he could not save for a new home because there wasn't enough money to save any while he maintained a liberal cash-flow lifestyle. The section which seemed most powerful to me has the pages discussing resentment. Vital advice here!!
April 9, 2020
If I'd read this book ten years ago, it would have landed a solid 5-stars. As is, I teetered on the edge of it because it's such a great reminder of a ton of self-improvement practices, methods, approaches, outlooks, and thinking processes I've read about, use(d), and heard of since I first really became interested in the idea of changing me to change my life instead of the other way around.
If you've read a ton of self-help stuff, this book is worth reading since it combines and reinterprets so many useful and effective elements in one book . If you haven't, this book is worth reading since it's almost entirely pragmatic, useful, and applicable without the "yes, but how?" that plagues many self-improvement books.
If you've read a ton of self-help stuff, this book is worth reading since it combines and reinterprets so many useful and effective elements in one book . If you haven't, this book is worth reading since it's almost entirely pragmatic, useful, and applicable without the "yes, but how?" that plagues many self-improvement books.
January 22, 2026
It can be described in one word: "WOW". This book made a deep impression on me and even though some time has passed since I read it, I feel that I will return to it again very soon.
In this book, I found exactly what I had been wanting and needing to hear for a long time. It changed the way I look at life and I can honestly say that it was the first book that truly moved me forward. It marked the beginning of my personal growth and inner progress, step by step.
This book did not just inspire me, it helped me rethink my mindset, my choices and my attitude toward difficulties. It reminded me that real strength is born where things are hard and that growth begins when we dare to face challenges rather than avoid them.
In this book, I found exactly what I had been wanting and needing to hear for a long time. It changed the way I look at life and I can honestly say that it was the first book that truly moved me forward. It marked the beginning of my personal growth and inner progress, step by step.
This book did not just inspire me, it helped me rethink my mindset, my choices and my attitude toward difficulties. It reminded me that real strength is born where things are hard and that growth begins when we dare to face challenges rather than avoid them.
November 8, 2022
На те щоб брехати самому собі витрачається дуже багато внутрішньої енергії.
Книжка, насамперед про чесність з самим собою. По суті, ти сам - єдина людина, з якою потрібно бути чесним на сто відсотків, коли ти прагнеш чогось досягти.
Книжка, насамперед про чесність з самим собою. По суті, ти сам - єдина людина, з якою потрібно бути чесним на сто відсотків, коли ти прагнеш чогось досягти.
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