You know what’s not sexy about business?

Exhaustion, indecision, not being truly seen as the brilliant, powerful woman that you are.

Master the Inner and Outer Game of Business

My addiction to time scarcity–and what I did about it

By Amira Alvarez

I’ve been totally guilty of…

Trying to fit one more thing in before my next meeting.

Scarfing down my lunch at my desk before my next zoom call…or actually on it?

Rushing to get somewhere because I cut it so close leaving the house.

I’ve done ALL of these things and the truth is, I still do sometimes! Ugh! All in the name of efficiency, growth, and personal responsibility to my business.

But how does it feel?

Anything but RICH!

Rushing around, cramming too much into one day or one week, being over busy… it just isn’t a rich and abundant life.

It’s time scarcity.

And time scarcity IS scarcity. Flat out.

That was one of the biggest AH-HAs I had over the years– that money scarcity is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to being in lack.

Now truth be told…when I started this journey, I just wanted to make a f—- ton of money. I didn’t want to feel constrained by not having enough.

Of course I wanted to do good work and truly serve, but I also wanted the big payday. I make this point over and over because I think people have a lot of guilt about wanting to make big money. Like they can’t be a good person AND make money.

But that’s not true and money was, in the beginning, a huge driver for me.

There was a ton of personal growth work and tactical action that I needed to take to figure out money abundance.

But once I did, I realized that I was still in scarcity…

Scarcity about time has been a BIG ONE for me but you might find you’re in scarcity about love, presence, connection, attention, or even your health.

In talking to my 84 year old mother on my trip out to see her in California last week, she said: “You’re so positive and happy.”


Hi Mom 👋

She’s known me for a long time, so I really appreciated that reflection. But it didn’t happen overnight or without facing some serious demons.

And “by facing demons” I mean really reflecting on the results I was getting, being honest that I was ‘at cause’ creating these outcomes. There was no one and no thing outside of me that was determining this and was to blame. It was me and how I was choosing to live.

Next came claiming that I was not available for a life lived like this.

This required a level of awareness about what was happening, getting clear, and making decision after decision to live my life differently.

I explain it and give a couple of examples of how it works in this video clip: A 3-Step Process For Planning Your Time Away From The Office

Once you watch it, do a little reflection… where are you in scarcity in your life? That’s the awareness piece. Then it’s time to hold yourself to a higher standard and start doing life and business differently.

Let me know how it goes for you!

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