From Fixing Furnaces to Financial Freedom: How Mitch Borst Found His Pack

Five years ago, Mitch Borst was crawling into attics and troubleshooting furnaces. Today, he's a financial advisor who helped launch a firm that grew from six advisors to 65 nationwide in just two and a half years. But the transition from working with his hands to managing millions wasn't just a career pivot — it was an identity crisis waiting to happen.

"I carried this narrative that I'm not enough," Mitch admits. "Youngest of three kids. No college degree. No finance degree. No business background. I just learned everything as I went along." And when the opportunity came to help launch Priority Wealth Partners in 2023, that voice got louder.

He needed more than business advice. He needed people who understood that success isn't just about strategy — it's about whose you are before it's about who you are.

The Problem with Going It Alone

Most entrepreneurs won't admit this publicly, but Mitch says it plainly: "You can't share these problems with your employees. You can't share some of these problems with your family members. They may not understand."

His family had never owned a business. No one around his dinner table could relate to the pressure of forming an LLC, negotiating operating agreements, or making decisions that affected dozens of people's livelihoods. The isolation was real — and dangerous.

"I was looking for opportunities to surround myself with people more seasoned than I am, more wise than I am, and further down the road," he says. The Scripture kept echoing in his head: In a multitude of counselors there is safety. But where do you find counselors who understand both the blocking and tackling of business AND the God who gives the increase?

When God Answers Before You Finish Asking

Right as Mitch was launching the new firm, a friend referred him to Jim at Kingdom Factor. The timing felt orchestrated. "It's like God had answered a prayer that I was asking for — community with wise people," Mitch recalls.

But he was skeptical. Another networking group? Another time commitment? He decided to give it a couple of months and see.

Then came the first meeting.

"Even in the very first session, it was clear to me that it was absolutely where I needed to be," he says. This wasn't a chamber of commerce mixer. This wasn't a lead-swapping breakfast club. These were people who understood that seek first the kingdom of God isn't a nice verse to stick on your website — it's the operating system.

I don't know a lot of people who would be mentors in business who are also people of faith. Having a godly person in your corner who can give you the blocking and tackling AND understands it's God who gives the increase — that was really important to me.

The Meeting He Dreaded (Until He Didn't)

Let's be honest: a 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM monthly meeting sounds brutal when you're self-employed and your workday doesn't usually start until 9:30. Mitch admits the first few months, he looked forward to it "with dread."

Then something shifted.

"Every single time I left the meeting thinking, wow, I'm so grateful that I did that," he says. After a few months, it became non-negotiable. So non-negotiable that when his childcare fell through a year and a half later, he didn't drop out — he switched to a Thursday group so he could keep Friday mornings with his son.

What changed? He realized 80% of the meetings either massively benefited him directly or gave him the privilege of speaking into someone else's crisis. Both felt like wins. "Whether it directly benefits me in my bottom line or whether I get to be a part of a really great conversation where we can help somebody else — both are wins."

The Meeting That Made Him Cry

One month, Mitch walked into his Kingdom Factor meeting at a breaking point. On the "godly counsel card" where you rate your need for input on a scale of 1 to 10, he circled 10 and wrote: What do you do when you don't know what to do?

"That was just the most beautiful meeting I've had there," he says, his voice catching. "People spoke into me. Everyone prayed over me. It was so beneficial. I was at one of those proverbial rock and a hard place moments."

The next day, it was like God parted the Red Sea.

"Miraculously, the next day it's like God parted the waters and I was able to walk through on dry ground," Mitch says. "It makes me emotional thinking about it. Those are the types of moments you don't get just in any other networking group or coffee shop appointment."

It's those types of moments that you don't get just in any other networking group or coffee shop appointment. It's carving out that time to surround yourself with intentionally minded people who also have that faith paradigm.

From 'Not Enough' to 'More Than Enough in Christ'

Somewhere in the last two and a half years, sitting in rooms with business owners in their 50s and 60s — some even retired — Mitch stopped seeing himself as the least qualified person in the room. He started seeing himself as God sees him.

"God has just helped me realize, like everyone's people, right? We all start the day in the exact same way," he says. "It's not about what I think about me, it's about what God thinks of me. I show up and take my best at that and he fills in the gaps."

That shift didn't happen in isolation. It happened in a group of people who saw his gifts before he did. Who asked for his input. Who reminded him that wisdom isn't about credentials — it's about walking faithfully with the God who gives it freely.

Now Mitch speaks up. He offers counsel. He prays over others. He's grown from the quiet observer to a contributing voice. And he's learned that the challenge isn't whether he'll get something from the meetings — it's whether he'll retain it and carry it into his daily life.

What Mitch Would Tell You

If you're evaluating Kingdom Factor, Mitch wants you to know: this isn't for everyone. "It's not one of those networking groups where you're going to go in and expect a referral from every person in every group that's immediately going to go to your bottom line," he says.

But if you're looking for community — real community, the kind that shows up when you circle 10 on the card — then it's exactly where you need to be.

One of his colleagues calls Kingdom Factor his "wolf pack." He doesn't want to be a lone wolf out there. He needs his pack.

So does Mitch. And maybe, if you're honest, so do you.

If you're seeking community — like minded, faith-based people who are willing to speak into your life, who are willing to pray over you, drop everything to come help you — then Kingdom Factor is absolutely the right fit for you.

Yes, it's a time commitment. Yes, it's a financial commitment. But as Mitch puts it: "Seek first the kingdom of God, right? And then somehow, miraculously, you carve out four hours in your month and things still continue to get done. God fills in the gaps there for you."

He's proof. From furnace repair to financial leadership. From "not enough" to "more than enough in Christ." And he found his pack along the way.