Are you going to surrender to your fear and uncertainty to see how your life story evolves?

/Book Info/

Name: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection

Author: Michael A. Singer

First Published Year: 2017

IBSN: 978–986–175–446–8 (Traditional Mandarin)

/Book Summary/

The surrender experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection is written by the author Michael Singer. He is the bestselling author of the New Your Times.

This book describes his extraordinary journey from the beginning to wish to be a spiritual seeker in the woods but becomes a successful self-taught computer programmer and corporate CEO.

He had a profound inner awakening in his twenties and was secluded to focus on yoga and meditation. He also founded a long-established yoga and meditation centre called the Temple of the Universe. However, his life changed and became a businessman after he decided to surrender to life’s tasks. He was even recognised by the Smithsonian Institution for his achievements in information technology in 2000.

/Review/

I didn’t hear about this author before, but it came suddenly from a post on Instagram. An influencer who focuses on marketing strategy recommends this book. I found that was very interesting to see a recommendation from a marketer. As marketing and product planning specialists, we constantly analyse stats to make fundamental and reliable plans; we tell things by truth. In other words, we HATE something out of control! We will never want a rainy day during the fashion show or any urgent email of something wrong with products from the factory. However, they happen always, especially you don’t want them!

Through this book, I found something that will help you have a better life with less stress. Let’s figure out these three main points, which are helpful to free yourselves from life’s limitations!

Life is like a game. You will receive tasks to make yourself grow.

As Singer mentions in the book, either his roads to get inner peace or becoming a businessman often have some difficulties and unexpected challenges. All the things come from a reason, and you will find it later. When you decide to take the lessons, those will become your nutrition for achieving the next level tasks. He firstly was a self-taught programmer; then he became a CEO of a software company. He prepares to take those tasks little by little without realising them because he didn’t resist when they came in front of him.

So, don’t worry if you will die if you lose the game like the Korean drama “Squid Game”, your life game always sets up levels to meet your ability. Whenever you pass one level, you are well trained to take the next one. Hmm, you have to take the challenge in the game no matter what, or you will still die in the Squid Game.

It is okay to change your goals. The universe always sets a more extensive plan than yours.

In the beginning, Singer wanted to live in the woods and focus on his spiritual yoga and meditation. Still, he then became a businessman in medical software. He tried to resist these changes because he thought they were against his goals. However, he decided to follow life’s flow rather than fight against it. Michael built a temple of the universe to offer a meditation centre for all people with different religions and beliefs, which helps many people find their inner peace. But at first, he was building a small space for himself to go into seclusion. Singer decides to get rid of his thoughts on his preference; he accepts them into his life when something happens to him. Eventually, he helped more people accidentally and got more satisfaction and peace from those changes he would never put into his life’s plan.

So, pay attention to the present and make goals by small actions. Don’t worry about what if you change your mind or don’t like it anymore. Just focus on the tasks in front of you because life will lead you to an extensive plan and just better than your imagination!

Don’t be afraid of failures or challenges. Try your best, and they will find their way out.

Singer was involved in a securities fraud scandal with six other executives of Medical Manager and pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme. He claims another top executive was framing him. Firstly he felt angry and unbelievable about the accusation. Still, he chose to face it and follow the suggestions from his lawyer. He decided to get more relaxed and calm during the prosecution. Instead of panicking, he focused on his writing and even published a book. Eventually, Singer was dropped from the accusation and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement. During this prosecution, he decided to keep his belief. He then got diligent lawyers and other good people to help him go through it.

Sometimes there will be unexpected situations in life, which always trigger our depression and blame. We feel like we are getting into a sinking spiral. However, imagine that you are almost getting drowned, you will tire yourself out while trying too hard to survive in the water. In contrast, when you try to float with the wave, you can conserve more energy. Therefore, when you become more relaxed and surrender to the presents, just trying your best all the time, life will find the way out itself quicker.

I would say, dance with your life’s flow and enjoy each moment.

Life is just up and down. It is really cliche. But sometimes, we cannot let things go quickly. However, we stick to those things which should be gone; we are trapped inside the bottom of the valley. We also resist change because we are too afraid of uncertainty and think we cannot deal with it. But we can make our lives easier by changing our minds, just pay attention to each moment, you will find they turn into energy eventually!