Dr. Tae Yun Kim is an author, martial arts great grandmaster, motivational speaker, and successful entrepreneur. She is passionate about providing empowering tools, insights, and strategies that help us access our inner power to make our goals and dreams a reality. Her own life story is one of overcoming physical, mental, and cultural obstacles to achieve goals that others said were impossible. Against all odds, she became the first female martial artist in South Korea and one of the highest-ranking martial artists in the world. She began her training at the age of seven, defying five thousand years of tradition prohibiting girls from learning the martial arts in South Korea. As head coach, she led the first-ever U.S. women’s Tae Kwon Do team to a gold medal at the Pre-World Games in Seoul, helping pave the way for women to compete in martial arts in the Olympics. Dr. Kim went on to found her own school of martial arts aimed at overcoming limitations in every area of life, and she teaches at her academy in the San Francisco Bay area. Tae Yun Kim is also the founder and CEO of a leading high-tech Silicon Valley company and has won numerous distinguished awards for her achievements and humanitarian service. Drawing from her hard-earned experience along with a wisdom rooted in the ancient truths underlying martial arts tradition, she has counseled and coached people from all walks of life to live with power, purpose, and passion—from troubled teenagers, gang members, abused women, and young people on the verge of suicide to Olympic teams, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs. In her work and in her books, including "Seven Steps to Inner Power: How to Break Through to Awesome," Dr. Tae Yun Kim teaches how to break through every barrier to our own personal and professional goals. A compelling guide to fearless, creative living, "Seven Steps to Inner Power" shows that no matter what your age or background, culture or career, you don't have to settle for anything less than awesome in our lives.