0:00Episode 3948. Play your game always. Moms, it's time to rediscover, rejuvenate, and renew who you are in mind, body, and spirit. Welcome to Create Your Now, Your Best Selfie, the show that help you do just that. Here's your host, Certified Life Coach, Personal Trainer, and Nutritionist, Christian Wardo. Happy Appetite. I hope you're having a fabulous week. Can you believe it? We are past January 15th. Yeah, so we're already into almost the last third of January, so take a deep breath. It's Inspiration Motivation Day. You got this. Play your game always. For those of you who are brand-new to Create Your Now, welcome to this incredible family. I'm so delighted of your presence. If you already even had the opportunity, you'll want to head on over to CreatureNow.com where you can learn more and sign up for the kisses newsletter, the Keep It Simple Strategy, Everyday Solutions, to Live, Love, and Impact. Well, as you know, we're on prey.com every single Tuesday.

1:04You can find us there with our TV show, 11.30 a.m. Eastern 10.30 a.m. Central, and 8.30 a.m. Pacific. Go there or be square. Yes. And I just want to pause for a minute. Seriously, I want you to know how much I care about you, that I see you, I hear you. I want to hear more from you. We've got a lot of cool things coming up. A lot of things that have been requested. I know a lot of you are kind of hanging on the edge of your seat, going, Christiane. When's the PJ Party coming, Christiane? When's Ame coming? Where are we going to get Kairos launched so we can have more interaction? I hear you. I see you. And we're working on it. I promise you behind the scenes, we're working hard. So I really do hope January, by the end of it, we can get it actually launched most of it. But if not, it'll be first part of February. Maybe it will be a Halloween series late. No, no, no, no, no. A Valentine's Day celebration. I don't even do Halloween. All right. So I'm going all out here. Why?

2:06Because I think we really have to begin to look at what we're going after in life. I believe you're created on purpose for a purpose here, both in heaven and on earth. And when you go through life, sometimes you have bumps along the way, right? Maybe you have a few snacks. Maybe you have a few tornadoes. Maybe you have a few earthquakes. You know, life isn't easy. We got that. In fact, I was traveling up from Florida down at my conference. And I haven't made it home yet, by the way. I am still out and traveling. Maybe I'll get there tomorrow or Wednesday. We'll see. But you know what? I just go with the flow. And sometimes the main thing is you got to be present. But as I was driving from Florida up in further, well, I guess technically north, but still in the south, I went through three states. And this is what

3:08happened though. Okay. We talked about the storms of life. I started in 70 degree weather, sunny, slightly overcast, warm, low humidity though. Guy in the car traveled for about probably 2015, 20 minutes or so. And then all of a sudden, just a nice little sprinkle. It was just beautiful. And then it's like the heavens opened up and rain and rain and rain, no lightning, no thunder, just as beautiful winter rain in Florida kept driving and driving probably three or so hours later. I came across snow. I was like, well, this is interesting. I go from rain into snow. Well, as I'm moving to snow, all of a sudden, I pull out of it. And there, I have overcast great sky. With now, there's a sun out, but it's kind of a, but it's very glaring. kept driving, kept driving, kept driving, kept driving. And then all of a sudden, the brightest blue sky ever with just a trickle, a beautiful white clouds. Sun shiny, like crazy, awesome,

4:12awesome. I thought, oh my goodness. But then when I got to my destination, 37 degrees, where did I start out at? 70 degrees. Isn't that kind of how life is? And that was all within a 10 hour span of time. Okay. My own travel. It's like I hit every possible weather, possible. Okay, I didn't get the tornadoes and the earthquakes and the hurricanes. I don't want those by the way, to don't wish them on me. I don't want them. But you know, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle, right? Where you're going, what you need to do next. And honestly, most dangerously, what everyone else is doing. When the pressure piles up, it's tempting to look sideways, right? Side to side, to compare your progress, your strategy, or your style to those around you. What does she do? What does he do it? Where do I want to go over here? Have it over there. But if you want to reach places you haven't been, you have to play your game always. And that means something simple,

5:15yet incredibly powerful. Show up as you every single day. No noise, no side distractions, no sneaky comparison traps. We've all been there, right? No laziness, just your game on your terms. Sounds easier said than done, right? Seriously. So we've got to talk something. Yeah, you know, I'm bringing it in. Think about the recent NFL playoffs. Have you seen a couple of those games the overtime ones? Did you watch last night? The college football playoff championship between Indiana and Miami? Okay, are you mad today? Are you still up because of what happened? Maybe you're celebrating too much or maybe you're celebrating in the wrong way because you didn't have the outcome you wanted? What's obvious from watching those games? What is it? What's stood out to you? You're like, I really don't care, Kristian. Great, but I do. So I'm going to share it with you. When players obsess over what the other team is doing, trying to outsmart or outrun them,

6:17they leave their own unique talents on the bench and in the locker room. That's where they stay. The moment you start chasing someone else's moves, you're selling yourself short. You need to hear that today. Are you trying to be someone that you're not or being someone else and not being who you are and who you are becoming? Playing your game doesn't mean you ignore the competition, though. I must say that. It means accepting that you cannot control what the other team does, just like you can't control every curve ball life throws your way. Your focus has to be on executing your unique skill set, your unique plan, your unique grind. What does it look like? Play your game always. And if you think about it, why does it feel so natural? And so easy, though, to fall into everyone else's game. Why are you so tempted by it? Why are you like, I want to chase

7:18this person over here? 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 go out and ask any pro coach or season 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. Do you think you're going to win? Do you think you're going to get to where you want to go? Are you going to achieve those dreams? Are you going to hit your purpose? So let's go back to the CFP championship. Look at it, Indiana versus Miami, right? As a case in point. Sure, I know their game plan was the block runs and passes, right? To keep the score low, right? You don't want somebody else to win, so you're going

8:21to go after them. But their real focus, and I'm saying them as in Miami, was on wearing down Indiana's quarterback Fernando Mendoza. If you just looked at the first half, they thought he was the enemy, which to a degree he was, they even left him with a bloody mouth. But this is all before the first half ended. But Miami did not stop the momentum. Mendoza played his game not theirs. I mean, did you see the fourth and fifth and the fourth and fourth? Yeah, I'm talking about when Signetti decided to make the call to go for first down when it was fourth and five. And they got it. And then they kept going and they were right there. And instead of kicking for a field goal, they said, no, it's fourth and four. And what happens? Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of Indiana Hoosers, yep. He's exact in and out only to dive for a touchdown. And the crowd goes wild.

9:25That brought the score to 24 to 14, Indiana at 10 point game now. My friend, Progress is an accidental. Progress is crafted by relentless action that fuels motivation and sparks momentum without owning your piece of the puzzle, fill your sneaks into the cracks more often than victory. So take a deep breath. Let's pause for a moment right now. Take a cue from those players and coaches grinding on the field. Your best move is to play your game always. So what does your game look like today? Are you wondering what somebody else is doing in your neck of the woods when it comes to your clients and who you're serving and how you serve them? Are you showing up in a manner that only you can do? Are you trying to captivate everybody?

10:33Are you focused on the one person you need to be working towards? Maybe right now you're thinking, well, it has nothing to do with my career, business, Christian, but it has everything to do with my marriage. So are you looking at somebody else's life and comparing your relationship between you and your spouse to somebody else's relationship? Be careful. Are you living in that reactionary world? Are you one who's saying I want to respond? Well, I don't want to burst the bubble. If you're going to watch replay, then don't listen to me. Turn me off here for a minute, but I'm going to tell you who won if you don't know already. It's probably all over the news by now. Indiana beat Miami, 27 to 21. It was an absolutely incredible game. And I do hope one of these days, if you don't know the story, go listen to the story. What signetti has built within two years. How he brought up these men from James Madison,

11:39a smaller school, a lesson school, right? Then the big 10 or a big 12 or an SEC, all of those, right? These were little guys brought them in last year. And I can't remember how many stayed on. I think it was like seven or eight are here this year. And they won the National Championship. First National Championship in school history. First time for a tear, actually second time, let me correct myself. Second time a team, I believe this is correct, that has gone 16 and 0 since 1894 and it was Yale. Yeah, I know. Drop the mic moment. What if you could be that first National Championship, but it's the first whatever it is for you? Maybe it's the first time being an amazing mom. And you're thinking, how does this compare? It's not about comparison. That's where you're wrong. This isn't about looking at football and saying,

12:43well, football doesn't apply to me. No, it doesn't, but it teaches you a lot. You're not going to go out on the field and play a game of football. If you do great, but in reality, most of us don't. But what it teaches us goes much further. Why? Because there's a story behind it. What's the story behind your playbook? Did you know DeAngelo Ponds was honored with a defensive MVP for the game? And he said this, you have two minutes to go out and take it. And we went out and took it. I think that pretty much sums it up. You see, if you're comparing all the time, you're actually limiting yourself. Because if you're trying to be just like that whatever, I don't care if it's a couple, I don't care if it's a mom, I don't care if it's a business, I don't care if it's an author, I don't care if it's a chef, it could be the best Uber driver

13:47there is. I don't, I mean, honestly, it doesn't matter who it is. Fill in the blank. But if you're always trying to compare your holding yourself hostage to the point where yourself sabotaging yourself because you are putting limitations on how far you can go. You've got two minutes to go out and take it. Be like Indiana. We went out and took it. You've got to own your strengths, my friend, your unique strengths. You've got to own your unique pace, your path, not anybody else's. It's not going to look the same. When I started podcasting, I had no idea what I was doing. I heard them, I listened to them, I was trained by some amazing, incredible podcasters in the space and understand. Back then, there were less than 250,000 podcasts when I came on. I mean, it was so brand new.

14:52And to be a daily podcaster, that was like, what? During the headlights. And you still don't have very many people who do daily podcasts. Why? Because it takes a lot of work. And you got to play in. And you got to pace yourself. But you got to go on your own path. I chose that. Indiana Hoosier's football team chose that. And that's why they are the national champions for 2026. Keep your eyes ahead. Not sideways. And watch how far you'll go. I heard an on an interview. I don't know when this was. You might be able to search it up in Google or use AI, whatever you want. But Fernanda Mendoza was being interviewed. And this was maybe about halfway into the season. And remember, I believe they were the 20th ranked team.

15:53And they were able to go all the way when the national championship. And that has not been done since 2010. And on top of that, Fernanda Mendoza was also the Heisman trophy winner. He was that Heisman of the year, 16 and 0. And I don't think Joe Burrow did that. But Joe Burrow was the last one to win the Heisman and win the national championship. Now it's been repeated. By Fernanda Mendoza, winning the Heisman and winning the national championship, it does not happen. It's only 10 quarterbacks have done that. That's amazing. If you were to look at your stats in life, what would they read? Seriously. Because you know, I talk a lot of football right here. It's because I enjoy it. And I really do think we need to do Mama Sports Center. But we would do it differently. It's not about going through all the different plays and all of that. Even though Monday quarterbacking is kind of fun. But what if we would bend a quarterback from an aspect of

16:56what's changing in the hearts? What are we doing? What are those kind of stats? I totally love the celebrations on all the different colorful fields. You know, you've got Boise playing and you know, they've got the, or is it Oregon? No, who has the blue field? I think it's in Boise. See, now all of a sudden, I've been staying up way too late. All the colors, I mean, who has a blue field? Grash should be green, right? But they do. I believe it's them. You can correct me. Send me an email. It's fine. But seriously, right? When we look at that, what if we were to put you on that field? What would your stats look like? I'm not talking about all your successes either. I don't want to know about all your trophies. I want to know how you're doing life. How are you showing up every single day? How are you showing up for your kids? How are you showing up for your spouse? How are you showing up for your colleagues? This is your life and you get to shine. Let me tell you this. There's no victory in imitation.

18:09The real win is in being unapologetically you all day, every day. That is one thing that the Indiana Hoosiers did this season. They came out and as Fernanda Mendoza said, we are a bunch of missfits. But we love the game and we're going to play the game our way. Are you ready to do life your way as in your unique ability? The gifts and talents God has given you? Because it's not about what everybody else can do but what you can do and what God can do in you and through you. Mendoza did the same thing, right? But his just happened to show through football. What is it for you? Think about it. Go deeper. You still have time to impact the world that you touch. Don't think you're too old.

19:11Don't think you're too young. Just think this, you're just right. But it's going to take you to say you know what? I'm ready to be present, to be incredible, to truly be me. So let me tell you, go out and be you. I love you so very much. I cannot wait to see you on the other side. Blessings, hugs and lots and lots of love. We'll talk to you real soon. Have a glorious blessed day and congratulations, Indiana Hoosiers, 27-21, the national champions. You guys are awesome. We'll talk to you soon. Love you. Feeling inspired and ready to train for life and love your journey, visit createyournow.com for more incredible resources to help you along the way. We'll see you next time on Create Your Now, Your Best Selfie. And remember, always be sure you consult your physician before beginning any health and fitness plans.