The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within [Paperback]

Tae Yun Kim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994

Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim, one of the world's highest ranking martial artists, has accomplished things people told her were impossible. Building on principles presented in her popular first book Seven Steps to Inner Power, Kim shows how to overcome mental and emotional barriers and tap a pure, powerful, radiant inner consciousness.

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About the Author

Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim is a world-renowned business leader, teacher, author and lecturer. She is the CEO of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, a computer engineering company. In addition, she has achieved recognition as the highest ranked female martial arts master and has become the world's foremost Ki energy master. In her career, Grandmaster Kim has broken through race and gender barriers and through 5000 years of culture and tradition. Vibrant, radiant, and charismatic, with good humor and remarkable energy, she has written many books, hosts her own TV talk show, has been the subject of many stories on international television and in newspapers and magazines. She also dedicates her time to showing people how to attain optimum energy, peace, and harmony while achieving their goals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: New World Library (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880032414
• ISBN-13: 978-1880032411
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,268,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I consider this a manual for my life, November 15, 2011

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This review is from: The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within (Paperback)

The reason I give this book the highest rating is simple. It works! I have read and re-read this book many times and I personally use it as a guide book for my life.

For example, I used to always be very hard and unforgiving to myself and never give myself a chance to improve. But Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim gives great advice, on page 47, she says, "When you see you have made a mistake, you don't have to pound yourself further into the ground. You need love - not condemnation, not punishment - when you recognize that you need to make a change. Self-condemnation and guilt prevent learning because they keep you focused on what's wrong instead of what's right. "

Advice like this is all throughout the book. It just makes a lot of sense, and it has worked in my life. I am a very practical person and I only follow and use what works for me. This book does!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daily Motivation!, July 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within (Paperback)

In my view, throw away any other self-help or motivational books you have and just read "Silent Master". The wisdom Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim shares in "Silent Master" is so clear and simple. I read snipets of this book every day becuase it constantly inspires and motivates me. It's given me the courage to overcome weaknesses (like being shy) that I thought were impossible to overcome.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the investment!, July 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within (Paperback)

This book is suprising in how well it describes the rewards and difficulties I've gone through as I've decided to improve my own life and look for something better. It has actually encouraged me to set and achieve much higher goals than I ever would have on my own! What's more, it continues to motivate and encourage me, because it helps me identify many of the road blocks I run into, and helps me find ways around them.

The examples given of Grandmaster Kim's own life and experiences make it obvious that she has personal experience with the whole process, including the discouragements and disappointments of making mistakes. But it's also obvious that she has personal experience pushing past those obstacles, because she delivers new ways of facing challenges that I haven't found anywhere else -- ways that for me have actually worked, and lasted.

People have told me before "Yes, you can do it!" But Grandmaster Kim's books go much further than that, also telling me *why* and *how*. I honestly haven't found that support anywhere else, and this book has paid for itself many, many times over! I highly recommend it!