3948 Play YOUR Game Always!
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle: where you’re going, what you need to do next, and—most dangerously—what everyone else is doing. When the pressure piles up, it’s tempting to look sideways, to compare your progress, your strategy, or your style to those around you. But if you want to reach places you haven’t been, you have to play YOUR game always! That means something simple yet incredibly powerful: show up as YOU every single day. No noise, no side distractions, no sneaky comparison traps. Just your game on your terms. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other...
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3947 Why Fear Is Not What's Holding You Back
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Fear has a sneaky way of showing up and rallying an entire battalion of emotions. Doubt, anxiety, indecision, frustration—they all line up behind fear, forming an invisible yet impenetrable wall that paralyzes you from moving forward. So, have you ever wondered why fear is not what's holding you back? When those wall feels high, your first instinct might be to bulldoze through with brute force. Push harder. Hustle nonstop. Throw all your energy at the problem until something breaks. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . But here’s where most...
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3946 Find Peace in the Midst of Troubles
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Troubles come to all of us—and how we handle them defines our peace and effectiveness. Sarah Young’s insight from Jesus Calling drives this home: "Rehearsing your troubles results in experiencing them many times, whereas you are meant to go through them only when they actually occur." You can find peace in the midst of troubles. This truth challenges a common tendency—to ruminate on problems long before (or after) they happen, replaying them in our minds like a broken record. Instead, God calls us to a different way of handling struggle, a way rooted in trust, courage, and rest....
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3945 The Heartbeat of a Powerhouse Marriage
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Marriage isn’t about becoming one person. It’s about two whole individuals choosing to grow together in a way that creates something far stronger than the sum of its parts. But the reality? That kind of connection doesn’t come easy. It takes diligent, ongoing effort for each spouse to develop themselves as confident individuals, and then to intentionally build a relationship that thrives on shared purpose and deep connection. That's the heartbeat of a powerhouse marriage. Consider Dan and Joanne Miller. Dan Miller, the New York Times Best-Selling author who passed two years ago, left a...
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3944 Love Them More Than It Hurts
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Why do our children challenge us so much that it strangles our hearts? Raising kids is tough on parents; who cares about how the kids feel? Yet we deeply care about them. However, it's during those difficult times that we learn to love them more than it hurts. Raising kids is brutal sometimes. On the surface, it might seem like parents should just lay down the rules, set boundaries, and move on. But if it were that simple, parenting wouldn’t tear us up so deeply. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . So why do our kids challenge us in ways that...
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3943 Give Up What Doesn't Work
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Imagine this for a moment: You’re gearing up for the Super Bowl of your life. Every move calculated, every drill intentional, every moment optimized. Would you spend time doing things that don’t work—things that have brought you zero results? Of course not. You’d double down on what delivers every single time. So why not give up what doesn't work? So why, in the everyday game of life and business, do we cling so stubbornly to habits, strategies, or mindsets that have proven ineffective? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . The...
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3942 Do More Than Dream
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Are you one of the millions who want to live a healthier lifestyle than where you are now? Every new year brings a wave of resolutions promising weight loss, better habits, and a healthier life. It’s no surprise that “live healthier” is one of the most common resolutions out there. But resolutions are just ideas floating in your head. They don’t carry weight—no pun intended—until you turn them into action; do more than dream. Why does this happen year after year? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Because wanting something isn’t...
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3941 Organize Your Space to Make Room for Action
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Nothing fuels ambition quite like setting out on a bold adventure toward your goals and dreams. You’ve got big plans, and the vision of where you want to go is crystal clear. But here’s the truth: dreaming alone won’t get you there. To climb that peak, you need a launching pad — and that starts when you organize your space to make room for action. Think about it. If all you ever did was sit back, waiting for success or opportunity to arrive without effort, how far would you get? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Spoiler Alert: Not...
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3940 Toss Out the Thoughts and Doubts that Hold You Back
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Just because it’s a new year doesn’t mean a reset happens automatically. In reality, most of our attempts to start fresh are clouded by lingering fears about what we didn’t finish, didn’t accomplish, or simply gave up on. If you want to move ahead and actually reach your goals and dreams this year, you have to toss out the thoughts and doubts that hold you back. I don’t know about you, but over time, repeated failures do more than just sting — they infect our mindset and sabotage our ambition. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . ...
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3939 Man Shall Not Live on Bread Alone
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
In one of the most powerful moments of Jesus’ life, when He was tested in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-4), He faced raw human hunger. The devil tempted Him with a straightforward challenge: “Turn these stones into bread.” After all, Jesus is hungry after fasting for forty days and forty nights. The need was real, the desire immediate. Yet Jesus' response cuts deeper than physical need: “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” That reply is not just about hunger or sustenance. It’s a declaration about the source of...
info_outlineIt’s easy to get caught up in the hustle: where you’re going, what you need to do next, and—most dangerously—what everyone else is doing. When the pressure piles up, it’s tempting to look sideways, to compare your progress, your strategy, or your style to those around you. But if you want to reach places you haven’t been, you have to play YOUR game always!
That means something simple yet incredibly powerful: show up as YOU every single day. No noise, no side distractions, no sneaky comparison traps. Just your game on your terms.
Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com
Sounds easier said than done, right?
Think about the recent NFL Playoffs or the College Football Playoff Championship between Indiana and Miami.
What’s obvious from watching those games? When players obsess over what the other team is doing—trying to outsmart or outrun them—they leave their own unique talents on the bench.
The moment you start chasing someone else’s moves, you’re selling yourself short.
Playing your game doesn’t mean you ignore the competition. It means accepting that you cannot control what the other team does, just like you can’t control every curveball life throws your way. Your focus has to be on executing your unique skill set, your plan, and your grind.
The K.I.S.S. ~ Play your game always!
Why does it feel so natural—and so easy—to fall into everyone else’s game?
Because it’s comfortable. It’s mindless. You don’t have to plan or sweat your own progress when you’re simply reacting to what others are doing.
But ask any pro coach or seasoned player—they know real success is about sticking to your playbook. It's about your response, not your reaction.
Too many people live in a reactionary world. And in doing so, that is only going to hold you hostage and lower the ceiling.
Take the Indiana vs. Miami game as a case in point. Sure, their game plan was to block runs and passes, but their real focus was on wearing down Indiana’s quarterback, Fernando Mendoza. They left him with a bloody mouth, but Miami still did not stop the momentum. Mendoza played his game, not theirs. Did you see the 4th and 5, and the 4th and 4? He zigzags in and out only to dive for a touchdown! That brought the score to 24-14, Indiana.
"Progress isn’t accidental. Progress is crafted by relentless action that fuels motivation and sparks momentum. Without owning your piece of the puzzle, failure sneaks into the cracks more often than victory." ~ Kristianne Wargo
So pause right now. Take a cue from those players and coaches grinding on the field.
Your best move is to play YOUR game always!
"You have two minutes to go out and take it, and we sent out and took it." ~ D'Angelo Ponds (DB, Indiana) Defensive MVP 2026
Own your unique strengths, your pace, your path. Keep your eyes ahead—not sideways—and watch how far you’ll go.
There’s no victory in imitation. The real win is in being unapologetically you, all day, every day.
"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"
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