Shannon Ayers Speaks Again

16 Sunday Jul 2017

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Greetings to all of you, my fellow readers. It has been a while since I have posted last. Life has been my much busier than time will allow. Nevertheless, I am truly encouraged by those of you that continually send me requests for more posts. I must make a special mention of my dear friend, Ms. Alicia Cowans who has been one of my biggest supporters and have encouraged me along this journey. I am ever so grateful for your support and viewership. Please feel free to send me topics you would like to see covered. In the meantime, be encourage, be inspired and be blessed.

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BUT GOD!!!!!

20 Wednesday May 2015

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Last year I was going through several ups and downs. I was working on a new program on my day job with several obstacles (folk) in my way.

Fast forward to today, the experience I gained from working that new program is what qualified me for my current position. Halleluiah!!!! While I didn’t see it at the time, God was preparing me for future blessings of which I now enjoy. I would not have imagined myself in this place or space a year ago. This is far greater than my previous expectations and prayers.

Have you ever worked so hard for something that appeared to be unobtainable? I endured sabotage, backstabbing, and a whole host of other issues on my job which was a bit stressful to say the least. I had gone through a very dark moment where I felt like I was the hamster in the spinning wheel just going in circles never to reach a destination. BUT GOD!!!!! Those that are closest to me were very encouraging. I had to pray really hard to stay sane.

Now I sit looking BACK and REFLECT on that time and situation now knowing that God had a plan for me all along. I had many moments when I just wanted to cry feeling so defeated and abandoned. BUT GOD!!!

I say to all of you that are currently going through your own situation feeling like there is no end, God has already worked it out! You just have to go through your season to learn and grow.

Just know that there is an end and you will look back on this moment at some point and say BUT GOD!!!! Going through is exactly just that, going through. That means you are not taking residence in your sorrow, misery or pain. Payday is coming after while!!!!

I want to thank you for reading my posts and I pray to continue to inspire and encourage you just as you have inspired and encouraged me.

Blessings and Inspiration,

Shannon Ayers Speaks

The Power To Let It Go Part 2

19 Tuesday May 2015

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Now, let’s deal with the emotional/mental:

How many of you are being held hostage to the past or are just stuck in unhealthy relationships that serve no value but instead contribute greatly to your misery? How many relationships do you have that you are afraid to just let go?

We have to be the owners of our own heart and not give it away so easily to where it is unrecognizable when we get it back if we ever get it back. Sometimes it may be those close to us like a mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin…or maybe it’s a best friend, boyfriend or girlfriend. Some are even on their second, third, fourth, etc. marriages that give away a piece of themselves with each relationship constantly looking for love and validation in others.

The bottom line is that you get to decide the value of your heart and your own worth. Letting go does not always mean these people cannot be a part of your life. What it does mean is that you have to relinquish their power over your happiness and take control of your own destiny relying solely and completely on the Lord for guidance and direction. I know what heartbreak feels like to be rejected, lied to, cheated on etc. It doesn’t feel good at all. It brings you to a place of feeling like there is no recovery. In the mean time, the heart-holder appears to be going on with their lives not giving you a second thought. You allow yourself to be consumed with why other people do to you WHAT YOU ALLOW!

So, once you collect yourself and realize that you are worth more than what you rent yourself out for regardless of the relationship type, you must then LET IT GO! You have more power than what you exercise over your heart, your life and your surroundings.

So I say to you this day, LET IT GO!!! Take control, pray and do a lot of soul searching for what should be important in your life and the rest of that mess, just LET IT GO! “You can do it!”, is not just a cliche’ but it is a command that I will change to say, You must do it! So get’er done!!!!

Blessings and Inspiration,

ShannonAyersSpeaks

The Power To Let It Go!!!!

19 Tuesday May 2015

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How many of us are in situations that we should have said goodbye to long ago? Is it a job, relationship, hometown or school? Sometimes it could just be as simple as a mindset or mentality of defeat, negativity, pessimism, depression or despair.

Let’s start with the physical:

The physical pertains to places and things. Sometimes we find ourselves attached to places such as a childhood home, a job that has become a comfort zone although it lacks fulfillment, or enrolled in a school to which you have difficulty progressing.

You don’t want to move away from home because, well, it’s home and it’s safe or you don’t have much responsibility. You don’t want to leave your job because it’s a steady paycheck or maybe you don’t think you can do any better or you just don’t think you’re smart enough. Maybe you’re a student at a school that your family wants you to attend but you feel out of place or maybe you have been taking non-challenging courses just to say you’re in school.

At what point do you take stock of your life and make the adult decision that it is just time to LET IT GO!!! We should always find ways to keep everything in our lives afresh and new. It doesn’t mean that all things require a grand make over or should get the boot, but we should always look for ways to make our lives better or try to improve our surroundings.

So get out of mama and daddy’s house or some other relative or friend’s home and make a life for yourself as an independent and mature adult. It is just time to take complete control over your life and start making things happen. You have no more room for excuses by allowing life to just pass you by due to fear or irresponsibility.

It is just time to find employment that is fulfilling, stimulating and rewarding. Even if you stay at the same job, find ways to challenge yourself by either taking a course or learning something new. Just do something!! As for school, get to a place where you are comfortable and that will help propel you forward. If that school is not your choice and your parents are paying for it, at least find a major or course of study where you know you will excel. Stop letting folk talk you into the life they never had or think you should have. Never allow someone to control your life to the point of unhappiness. It is selfish of someone to put that type of pressure on you and you are cheating yourself to allow it. That does not mean sit around and do nothing, what it does mean is that if something isn’t working find out what does and just do it!!

Part 2 continued on the next post covering the mental/emotional….

Blessings and Inspiration,

ShannonAyersSpeaks

The Psychology Of Customer Service!

17 Sunday May 2015

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Anyone that knows me really well know that bad customer service is a huge pet peeve of mine. It breaks my heart every time I roll into a drive thru and see our babies without any type of work ethic and could care less about providing good customer service. If they get your order wrong and you send it back for a replacement, you better say an extra prayer over your food.

There have been a few that have surprised me and have taken their job seriously and delivered top notch service. However, what’s unfortunate is the greater percentage that I have experienced and others alike is the tragedy of a generation of kids with no actionable skills to progress them further in their career or life in general.

What most may not realize is that the main component of customer service is psychology! Yep, plain old psychology. Psychology is defined as “the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.” Now think about this for a minute. You have two main points in this definition, the human mind and affected behavior. To get to the point, customer service basically boils down to how you make someone feel about something.

Have you noticed that Walmart’s employee’s do not wear those smocks any more that says, “How May I Help You?” Raise your hand if you receive great customer service here all the time? Okay, moving on……

When you go into a store, restaurant, hotel, car dealership, etc., at the end of the day, it’s all about how that business or service made you feel. The service can be superior, mediocre or just outright bad, but it’s all about how they made you feel that determines whether you will give them your service again or at all.

The main point of this post is to drive home to those of us who are either in the business of servicing others in some type of capacity whether it is for work, church, volunteering, etc., you are in charge of your customer’s experience. You get to be a significant part of the determination on whether that person will come back again.

What is Bad Customer Service Costing Your Business?

Take the time to not only provide superior customer service, but also demand it. This is the only way it will get better.

Please encourage your teenagers who are working part time jobs for the first time to care about what they do on their jobs. It doesn’t matter if they are working fast food, custodian, bank teller, or interning at a law firm, teach them work ethic and how to take pride in doing the best and being the best. Some people actually got their biggest breaks at young ages where someone took them under their wing because of potential they saw in them at an early age working at some place like McDonalds and set them up for a great future.

To my entrepreneurs or future entrepreneurs, pay special attention to who you hire and how you want to brand your business.

Remember that the human mind and affected behavior all boils down to basic psychology and the experience that is provided. It can truly make or break your business.

Blessings and Inspiration,

ShannonAyersSpeaks

ShannonAyersSpeaks Again!!!!!

25 Sunday Jan 2015

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It’s been a few months since I have posted last. Several of my readers have been asking me when I would start up again.

Well….

Thank you all for your continued interest in ShannonAyersSpeaks. I pray it will have been well worth the wait!!!

Let’s fill this new year with goals and expectations met, dreams fulfilled and great testimonies of endurance and survival!!!

Thanks for reading and do read again!!!

ShannonAyersSpeaks

WHAT DOES YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE SAY ABOUT YOU?

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

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We are in a day and age of vast technology that continually grows everyday. SOCIAL MEDIA has become the most used form of communication between family, friends and strangers. Like many others, I peruse through FACEBOOK looking at photos, videos, news stories, and crazy postings that are circulated in a matter of seconds to thousands of people. As I am viewing these items, I see so many different postings that are displayed in incredilbly poor taste and judgement…some from people I know and some I do not know. This makes me ponder on whether or not these people realize the type of image that is being portrayed of them in SOCIAL MEDIA.

We all know at least one person that has lost their job, ruined their marriage or embarrassed themselves along with their families and children. Yet, everyday someone is trying to outdo the latest SOCIAL MEDIA debacle by posting some dreadful image or video of themselves or others. What people do not realize or take into account before indulging in such poor taste is the type of image that is building up over a period of time that may not accurately portray their true personage. This is called media presence.

Please bear in mind that when you interview for a job, put in an application for a loan, or start up a BUSINESS, your SOCIAL MEDIA presence is out there for review. There is no real way to regulate how someone will research you on the INTERNET to see what you are about. If you don’t get the job, they may not tell you that it was due to borderline pornographic pictures that you posted or the vile language you displayed in your postings.

People are going to judge your character and in some cases intellect by the the decisions you make in SOCIAL MEDIA. You just never know how this will affect you in the long run. Your present situation may not appear to be in jeopardy, but in this fiscal climate, things change all the time.

Also, those of us that are parents have a moral and parental responsibility to protect our kids. If you are posting inappropriate IMAGES of yourself or speaking in a manner that would not be acceptable for your kids, think about how they can be affected. Kids have the Internet right at their fingertips and can be exposed to social media with or without your permission.

So ask yourself, is it really worth it? If it crosses your mind to post a picture of your two year old drinking beer, a video of your little girl dancing like Beyonce or a selfie of you in your undies, spare us and yourself the embarrassment by utilizing common sense and self restraint. After all, your future and my sanity depends on it.

Blessings and Inspiration,

Shannon Ayers Speaks

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