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The podcast focuses on fiercely empowering women in business, as entrepreneurs and women in male-dominated industries, featuring guests who embody strength, resilience, competence, and a touch of sass as they navigate business and life.
Looking for guests who are willing to bring a wealth of experience and knowledge but also possess the strength, resilience, and sass that align with the tone of my podcast.
I want their stories and insights to provide immense value to my audience, helping me to establish a powerful podcast as a must-listen for women looking to empower themselves in business. The goal is to build competence and discover how brave women can be in business.
Welcome to Superheroes in Heels, the podcast where powerful women rise, lead, and own the room. I'm Kimberley Borgans, your host, fellow trailblazer, and unapologetic advocate for women in the world of business. With over thirty years of experience building success in a male dominant industry, I'm here to empower you to do the same. Each week, you'll hear bold conversations with inspiring guests who embody strength, resilience, a little dash of sass, and a little bit of grace. Together, we'll challenge the status quo, break through barriers, unlock your confidence, and unleash your inner superhero.
Kimberley Borgens:You ready? Let's go. Welcome to Superheroes in Heels, the podcast that fiercely empowers women to step into command presence, own their role, and lead like the strong capable women that they are. I'm your host, Kimberley Borgans. And today, I'm joined by a woman who's bringing great value in the realm of taking action and building community.
Kimberley Borgens:And, she's not afraid to share real talk about what it takes to be a successful woman in business. My guest today is Misty Cortez, and, oh my goodness, this woman, her ability to, bring out some things in you that you might not want to bring out. She will challenge you. She will have you step out of your comfort zone. Look.
Kimberley Borgens:She is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, of course, a community strategist, and the founder of the community launch pad. You know, with over three decades, you know, of business building expertise, like, missus d has helped thousands of entrepreneurs, including this gal right here. Right? You know, break free from the nine to five grind. She I will say she's one of my right hand people.
Kimberley Borgens:So, you know, amazing opportunity. So, Misty, tell us. I just wanna say welcome to the superheroes and heals podcast.
Misty Kortes:Thank you for having me, and that was a sweet introduction. I appreciate that. I love working with people like you who are just like the mover and shakers in life. You know? It's we feel like we're, you know, when we're in business that everybody is like is wired like that, and that's not the truth.
Misty Kortes:Right?
Kimberley Borgens:It's not. It's not the same. Like, we all have that different space, and we are we're all built a little bit different. All of my podcast guests have been saying that same thing. So they are built a little bit different.
Kimberley Borgens:So it's finding the right people who are willing to work with us. Right? Yep. Absolutely. So, Misty, tell us a little bit.
Kimberley Borgens:I wanna look. Here's what I know about Misty. Misty is a superhero in her own business, in her own right. She she really works with, you know, getting into action. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:And implementing new things and new tools into your business because as we all know, with business, business, it it's built on your own personal resilience. You will get knocked down. There's an old Chinese proverb, or saying that, we used to have in a in personal development, which is knocked down seven times, get up eight. Right? And Misty is a great person to help you get back up and get back into action, you know, when you when you set back.
Kimberley Borgens:So we're gonna be talking about some of that today. Right, Misty? Absolutely. So how about we get started, Misty, for you? Tell us a little bit about your journey.
Kimberley Borgens:Like, how did you get to where you are today?
Misty Kortes:Yeah. So I'm not gonna take you way back. I'm gonna take you back just the last six months of my life because I've made a huge shift, which is kinda gonna lead us, I think, perfectly into the conversation we're gonna have today. So I've spent the last thirteen years as a marketing agency helping entrepreneurs implement marketing strategies at work. And now, over the last couple years, I've just been feeling like this unsettling.
Misty Kortes:I don't know if it was menopause. I don't know if it was because I'm just turning 50. I don't know what the heck was going on, but emotionally, I was like a roller coaster. And I I couldn't quite put my finger on it. And all of a sudden, last year, I turned I turned 50 in December, and I I remember going to bed one night.
Misty Kortes:And I I don't usually have anxiety attacks. And, it could have been the menopause. I don't know. But went to bed that night, and I literally, all night long, I tossed. I turned.
Misty Kortes:I couldn't breathe. I was I just my mind was racing a hundred miles an hour. Finally, I probably drift drifted off just for a couple hours. I woke up in the morning about six, six thirty, and I remember waking up and and and sitting up, and it was almost like I audibly heard God saying to me. He goes, you're not starting over.
Misty Kortes:You're changing lanes. And I still every single time I say those words, I literally get goosebumps because it was so powerful to me. Because I was in a moment where I was like, I know I wanna make a change, but I don't know quite how to do it. And I don't know where to go, and I feel like I'm too old to be starting over. And I had this record playing in my mind.
Misty Kortes:I'm too old. I'm too old. I'm too old. There's no way I'm doing you know, I'm gonna start over again at 50. Especially because I already had a very successful agency, and I was able to retire my husband from it.
Misty Kortes:Like, it totally changed our lives. And so I felt like a fool thinking about, like, should I be walking away from this? I mean, this is a crazy thought I'm having. And so fast forward to today, over the last six months, it hasn't even been quite six months yet, I am now helping aspiring entrepreneurs who are over the age of 40 who wanna quit their job, who wanna make more in a month than they currently do in a year by building a community based business that gives them freedom, flexibility, and control. So that's that's kinda where I'm at today.
Kimberley Borgens:That's wonderful, Misty. I'm excited, to hear more about all of that. I mean, new journeys, new lanes, new new things. Like, those are very powerful when it comes to women in business because, you know, I don't think people realize that when they start in a business that it has to evolve also. Yes.
Kimberley Borgens:You know, businesses have to evolve. Where I started, you know, thirty three years ago is not the same as where I am today, either. So, you know, noticing that in our business and taking the time to understanding that evolvement and then making those shifts, I think, is a powerful, place to come from, but you have to recognize it. Absolutely. I like how you said that is like, no.
Kimberley Borgens:You're not starting over. You're just shifting lanes. Exactly. You know, we hear so often from people, we have to stay in our own lane. Yes.
Kimberley Borgens:But as a business entrepreneur, sometimes we have to go, we need to do a lane shift. Right? There's a collision ahead. We gotta move over.
Misty Kortes:Yeah. Or we're just feeling unsettled. You know? If someone's listening to this and they're, like, in a career or in a business that's successful that they once truly, truly enjoyed, but all of a sudden, it doesn't bring them the same joy that it used to. I think that we need to open ourselves up to, you know, the possibilities that are out there for us.
Misty Kortes:And for many of I mean, some of us may be starting over, and there's nothing wrong with that. For me, I I love what I do. I just didn't wanna do it in the capacity I was doing it previously. And so when when God spoke to me and said, you know, you're not starting over. You're taking all the skills, talents, abilities, knowledge, experiences that you've had, passions, and and you're not you're gonna take that with you.
Misty Kortes:We're just gonna shift your lanes a little bit. And that totally makes sense to me. I think there'll be a book on that one day, but we'll see.
Kimberley Borgens:We'll see. Yes. Yes. So then, tell me, Misty, because you have made these shifts, you've made adjustments, and you're still bringing all of your knowledge and skill set with you. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:Tell me about, like, what is it that you're doing now with your clients?
Misty Kortes:Yeah. So today, I help aspiring entrepreneurs who are over the age of 40 build a community based business. And, that will allow them to have more freedom, have more flexibility, and have more control. I feel like I I I just recently posted this on social media. My husband and I just went on one of our dream vacations, which was to go to on a cruise.
Misty Kortes:And we did some amazing things while we were on. I had an amazing time. And while I was there, I started I started looking around the ship, and I noticed that the majority of the people that were on the ship with us were at least 65 and older. And I I'm probably being generous with the age of 65. They were very mature individuals.
Misty Kortes:Many of them in had walkers and wheelchairs and all these different things. And I kept saying to my husband, it's such a shame that we spend all of our lives waiting to live it. And and this is a perfect testament to to what to to that happening. And so I came back with a renewed sense of this is exactly why I know. It it was like a it was it was like a a I don't even know.
Misty Kortes:It it was my my thing that I noticed was an affirmation or a reaffirming that I'm on the right track because I wanna help people who have years of experience, you know, in whatever that they do. Or maybe they have a passion or a skill set, and they wanna take that and go serve other people in a meaningful way through real connection. And so that's where the community aspect comes. And they don't have to wait to live their life. They can have that now.
Kimberley Borgens:Nice.
Misty Kortes:So that's what I'm doing, and I'm so excited
Kimberley Borgens:about it. So how does that show up? So you can utilize myself as an example. It's like, what does that look like for me as a business entrepreneur to build community?
Misty Kortes:Yeah. I think that well, I mean, community can mean a lot of different things. It could be that you're leading the community with your knowledge, experience, and expertise. Right? It can also be where maybe you have an interest.
Misty Kortes:I always use barbecuing as an as an example. My husband and I bought a smoker several years ago, and I and I've always I I I've been sharing this ever since we bought it. You know? I said, you know, when I bought my smoker, it would have been nice had they had somewhere that you could send people who wanted to learn how to use this tool. Right?
Misty Kortes:That that shared recipes, shared the the, you know, the insights and tips and pro tips on on doing all this stuff. Now I know that there's a wealth of knowledge out there on YouTube and and social media and all that, but the thing is is that the algorithm decides if I get to see it or not. Where if if one of those individuals said, you know, instead of pushing out my content on social media, what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go set up a community, and I'm gonna invite people who love to barbecue like I do on the weekends. I I'm not a expert at barbecuing. I just like doing it, and I wanna learn from others.
Misty Kortes:So what you can do is you can create a space for other people to join you. So you don't even necessarily have to be the expert. That's what's so exciting about this is that anybody can build a community. Anybody can build a business that gives them freedom, flexibility, and control even if you're not the expert, even if you're not the one leading that. I think a lot of times when we think of building communities, we think I have to be the leader.
Misty Kortes:I have to be the one everybody looks to and asks questions, and you don't. You you actually don't. You just need to gather people who have a similar interest.
Kimberley Borgens:I love that because it's you don't always have to be the smartest person in the room. You can bring in other people and allow them to bring in their brilliance and learn from that as well.
Misty Kortes:Exactly. And it takes the pressure off you. So if if someone's sitting at their desk going, man, I really wish I could be an entrepreneur, but I just don't, you know, I I don't wanna be in the limelight. I don't wanna be the one leading everybody. If you like barbecue, there's an opportunity.
Misty Kortes:Come on over. If you like my husband has a Jeep, and we love off roading. That's another interest. I mean, set up a Jeep club. They already have kind of a club, but Yeah.
Misty Kortes:Their own little thing. But, you know, there's nothing off limits in term way in terms of what you can build a community around.
Kimberley Borgens:That's that's a great point. It doesn't have to be a business. It can just be you could be working in a in a company and have a fun. I like to go fly kite community kind of thing. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:Absolutely. And it but you're building community with people and doing things that you love to do. And, you know, how important is that? Because look, we can be strong business women. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:And we can like become workaholics. We could be, you know, talk about business twenty four seven, you know, kind of business women, Or we can say, look. I'm a business woman who also likes to travel, and I'm a business woman who also likes to, you know, sit back and have a barbecue on the weekends. And I'm a business woman who wants to go out and fly a kite every now and again, or, you know, I like oddball books. You know, you could create whatever kind of community and still have a life outside of your business as well as building your business alongside it.
Misty Kortes:Yeah. And the shift that I made when I started really embracing this and started realizing what the potential was here is that community is community can be a business. Community is the business. And for me, that's super exciting because it leaves behind the whole traditional approach to what business is. And I'll be honest, like, I'm knee deep into the middle of changing my own mindset because I've spent so many years.
Misty Kortes:I spent three decades building traditional businesses, you know, not only for myself, but in the last thirteen years helping other people do that as well. But this is a completely different ballgame. It's so much easier. It's so much more fun, and there's so much more opportunity. And I think that's what makes me so much so excited about it.
Kimberley Borgens:Yeah. And I wanna I wanna, Misty, I want you to break this apart for a quick second because, pardon me, there's a lot of people on this podcast that might be listening that are business people. And we're sitting here talking about the fun weekend community aspect of it. You can build a free community, right, that everybody just comes in and collaborates and has fun, And or you can build a business community that people are paying for.
Misty Kortes:Yes. So you can actually on that. Yeah. So so whether it's free because the free community can be it can can be used as a marketing machine, if you will, where you get to offer free value, you know, bring people into your space, build the know, like, and trust factor with those individuals, and then use that when you built up enough of a relationship with them, use that as a marketing tool to introduce them to your other products and services. So so there's lots of different ways to monetize even free communities.
Misty Kortes:But also in a paid community, one of the monetization strategies I actually teach is is having a paid community where you charge people to be part of that community, and that could be a different level up. But here's the thing. We'll go back to the barbecue example. If you love barbecuing, people who love to barbecue and want to learn from others, they will pay to get access to that community. So even if you charged $20 a month, $5 a month, it doesn't matter.
Misty Kortes:You can monetize even passions and interests. They don't have to be business related in order to be able to monetize them. But if someone is listening and they currently have a business and they're like, I would love I I love what you're what I'm hearing here, and I would love the idea of having some sort of a community about around my passion, you can you can make it an extension of your business. So it can be another way for you to make money as another added value to your current business model. Or you can say, you know, I want something just for myself.
Misty Kortes:I'll tell you. There's probably a day you will see Misty's travel or something. I don't know what I'll call it, but it probably won't be that. But something about traveling because that's something that I get super passionate about. And I wanna bring people into a community that love talking about travel, who can give tips and tricks and all that good stuff.
Misty Kortes:So, like, that is a business. That is its own model.
Kimberley Borgens:Absolutely. And, you know, and I wanna say that, like, I remember a story about a gentleman who became a millionaire. And how he became a millionaire was because he put on Amazon pumpkin carving drawings that you stick to your pumpkin and you can cut out the carvings. Right? Yep.
Kimberley Borgens:And he made a million dollars. This product was $1 on Amazon. Okay? It's $1 to get a copy of his pumpkin carving drawings. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:Absolutely. He got a million $1 sales. Right? Well, he got more than that. But, you know, he he became a million doll a millionaire based off of $1 for this product.
Kimberley Borgens:Absolutely. So you're what you're saying here is it doesn't have to get hard. It can be simple. It can be inexpensive. Right?
Kimberley Borgens:But at the same time, it can still grow money for your business as well. Yeah. And I think that's huge and powerful to remember as well. I mean, I have my own, memberships because of working with you, Misty. I have the hive hangout, which is, my free, one that I just like, everybody come in.
Kimberley Borgens:Let's play, and, you know, let's share our expertise. And then I also have the hive society, and the hive society is where I work with women on building business. And so I have two. Right? I have both of those right now.
Kimberley Borgens:And so you can have either one. And Misty, you know, I give full credit for because she's the one who turned me on to this and allowed me to step into that. And so, you know, what you know, think about for you if you just take a moment as a listener, you know, what could you create a community around? Yes. And and, Missy, what might prevent people from creating these kinds of communities?
Misty Kortes:Yes. That's the great question. And that is the key. Right? Is it's it it boils down to one thing.
Misty Kortes:I think we give it a lot of different names, but it's one single one singular thing that prevents us from doing anything that we wanna do in life, whether it's creating a community, making a change in our life, taking that trip, whatever it is. And that one thing is fear.
Kimberley Borgens:Yeah.
Misty Kortes:Yeah. The fear of the unknown, the fear of looking foolish, the fear of of, you know, what might happen, what might not happen, all of those things. But it comes disguised as a lot of different things.
Kimberley Borgens:Yeah. You know, I just talked about that in a previous podcast on, you know, the how fear is stopping us. Right? Where we're letting fear stop us, and how to, you know, step into the fear detox. But, fear shows up in so many different ways, Misty.
Kimberley Borgens:A lot of times people don't recognize it as fear. Mhmm. And so what are some of the ways that you found that, it gets recognized?
Misty Kortes:Yeah. So the one of the first ones is procrastination. Gosh. Yeah. Procrastination is our body, our mind trying to protect us from going into an area where we don't have all the the answers necessarily.
Misty Kortes:And so we procrastinate doing things because gives us, more time to to let our emotions catch up with the direction that we wanna head in.
Kimberley Borgens:Yeah. And, you know, I I don't use the word procrastination very often for me. I'm not a very good procrastinator. Me either. Right.
Kimberley Borgens:But at the same time for me, I want all the deets. Like, give me the details. Like, I need to know all the ins and outs. I wanna know all the information before I get started. You know?
Kimberley Borgens:And sometimes it's shown up for me as perfectionism. I try you know, I call myself a recovering perfectionist because I wanna know all the information. I wanna have all the answers before I get started. Right? Mhmm.
Kimberley Borgens:You know, I do know that about me. I know working with you, like, took a while for me to step into some of the things that you have challenged me to do, and not out of procrastination. But was there a level of fear underneath it? Maybe. I haven't analyzed it.
Kimberley Borgens:But, for me, it's just, a lot of times, it's time.
Misty Kortes:Mhmm.
Kimberley Borgens:And I'll use that as my way. It's like, I just don't have time for this. I don't have time to learn that technology. I don't have time to, you know, get all dressed up so that I could do videos. I don't have time to like, I'm just busy.
Kimberley Borgens:Right? But at the same time, you know, they say busy is the new, stupid. Right? That's the new the new say is that really, we need to move from busy to being focused. Mhmm.
Kimberley Borgens:And what is it that we wanna create in our businesses? Would you agree to that?
Misty Kortes:Yes. So totally agree with perfectionism. I used to wear that as, a badge of honor. Right? And I think a lot of us fall into that, but when we really sit down and and really pick that apart, the perfectionism, the reason why we get stuck in perfectionism is because it allows us to live in our dreams and and not face the reality of what may or may not happen.
Misty Kortes:And I'll give a perfect example of this in my marketing agency. The implementation was the easy part. It was getting people to actually launch. That was the hard part. And that's where I started to begin to realize that it people love building.
Misty Kortes:People love creating ideas. People love being creative. People love the idea of marketing. But when it comes down to making the video and pressing publish or launching the email campaign that promotes their new program, product, or service, that's where they get stuck. And I began to realize as I unpacked this with literally thousands.
Misty Kortes:I've worked with over 5,000 entrepreneurs over the last thirteen years that it all boiled down to one thing. They were fearful of of what might happen or what might not happen. I keep saying that, but it's true. Because they're fearful of, if I launch this, what if nobody joins? If I launch this, what if nobody buys?
Misty Kortes:What if I if I press publish on this video, what if someone says something negative about me? What if I, you know, post on social media every single day like they tell me I'm supposed to do and I've heard a million times? And now my friends and family think I'm one of those people, those influencer people. You know? Those are all the fears that hold us back.
Misty Kortes:It's the fear of what other people think.
Kimberley Borgens:Yes. I agree. The fear of rejection, the fear of what other people think, the fear of looking bad, the fear of, you know, looking like you're too successful. Right? Because then that puts in that fear of rejection again.
Kimberley Borgens:Yep. You know, it just becomes this fear cycle that happens. And, so if you were to, if you were to give a piece of advice that, moving forward, how can people, like, shift out of that fear and be successful in their business, or in creating a community, whichever that is, like, what what piece of advice would you give them? So I have actually two pieces of advice.
Misty Kortes:Okay. Because there's I think that people are wired a little bit differently, and these are tools that I've used for years. And I didn't even know I used them. One, my mother-in-law used to say to me all the time, you know, missy, you have no fear. And I and I would just laugh it off, and I didn't even have a response to that because I and finally, one day, I got up the courage and I said to her, you know, and, you know, she meant well by it, but people, you know, they see me and they they they see that I push myself to do things that Right.
Misty Kortes:A lot of people, you know, hold back on.
Kimberley Borgens:Willing to do.
Misty Kortes:Yeah. Aren't willing to do. Yeah. And so I and I said to her, you know, I I feel the fear just like everybody else. The difference is is I do it anyways.
Misty Kortes:Right. There are the type of people so that's my first piece of advice is if you're the type of person that can just logically say to yourself, listen. You know you need to be doing this. Like, fear the feel the fear and do it anyways, then and then go take action. Great.
Misty Kortes:That's you should do that. But then there are the people who are like, yeah. But and we have all these things rolling around in our brain. And so the the other toolset that I've acquired is I've I began to realize that if I give my whenever I'm in a in a situation where I need to make a tough decision or I need to, you know, I'm thinking about a direction that I'm uncomfortable with, you know, and and I and I know where that fear is coming in, then I give myself fifteen minutes to sit back. It's almost like a meditative practice where I close my eyes, and I allow my mind to run wild and down the deep dark rabbit hole of ugliness, where you're like, I would never even tell my my husband what I'm thinking right now, the ugly ugly.
Misty Kortes:Right? Yeah. And I allow myself to paint a picture or a storyline and create that storyline of if you do this, Misty Misty, if you close your agency and move in a completely different direction, changing lanes, what if you lose your house? What if your husband gets mad? What if what if he divorces you?
Misty Kortes:What if all your kids stop talking to you? Like, I just allow it to get really ugly for fifteen minutes, paint the picture, but also feel the feelings. What does it feel like? If if if I did if that did happen, what would that feel like? Right.
Misty Kortes:And when I allow myself to feel those emotions, what happens is fifteen minutes later, I open my eyes and I realize a couple of things. One, that is not a reality. I am I am trying to bring the future to the present by trying to make that a reality, which is where the fear is stemming from because it is not a reality. Right now, today, nothing has changed. And, you know, it's just my my mind's way, my ego's way of trying to protect me from from harm from mental harm.
Misty Kortes:Right? And then the other thing is is that I realized that it wasn't that bad. I survived.
Kimberley Borgens:You survived.
Misty Kortes:Didn't die.
Kimberley Borgens:Still alive.
Misty Kortes:So that's been my philosophy. Know, this is something I'm I mean, we're going back thirty years plus. I have always told my kids, if you asked any one of my kids, like, what's your mom's biggest philosophy? And they're like, if you ain't dead, you can still do something about it. It's like, if you're dead, it's done.
Misty Kortes:We're over. Game over. Right? But if you're alive, you can still do something about it. Because my son came to me one time just just recently, and he's like, you know, I have these opportunities and careers, and I really just still don't know what I wanna do.
Misty Kortes:I said, go do one for six months, and then go do the next one for six months, and then go do the next one for six months. And he's like, won't that make me look like I said, here's the problem. You're you're worried about what other people think. The people who support you the most, that love you the most, that believe in you the most Yep. I want you to go try and experience things.
Misty Kortes:I want you to go try figuring out what you really wanna do with your life, but you're not gonna be able to figure that out by thinking through it. You have to go experience it. You have to go do it. And so, you know, and that that's what I would urge everybody listening in to go do is I don't care if you're 20, like my kid, and you wanna try to experience something. I don't care if you're 50 and you've been doing something your entire life, and everybody knows you for that.
Misty Kortes:And you're like, but I'm done with it. I don't wanna do this anymore. You can do you can make the decision to to do something new. And and if fear is the thing that you've that you're really being honest with yourself and you're saying, you know, I think that's the thing that's holding me back, then give yourself fifteen minutes to paint the ugly picture of what it's all gonna feel like and look like, and then go do it anyways.
Kimberley Borgens:Got it. Got it. Oh, how powerful is that? I hope you'll be able to take away something today on this, episode on, you know, feel the fear, get through it, but know that you don't have to do it alone. You can build community.
Kimberley Borgens:You can bring people in and closer to you so that it encourages you to step into that fear, you know, anyway. So I really appreciate everything that you brought, Misty. So okay. Some rapid fire questions. Yes.
Kimberley Borgens:Okay. Heels or sneakers?
Misty Kortes:Oh, sneakers. Yeah. 100%. You'll never catch me in heels ever.
Kimberley Borgens:Ever. Okay. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Misty Kortes:I think any superpower. I think I think my superpower is action. That is my superpower taking action. That's why I built an agency for implementing for other businesses is because they weren't taking action. So I'm like, let me do it for you.
Kimberley Borgens:Let's get into action. Ho ho ho. Yep. Got it. Okay.
Kimberley Borgens:Favorite day of the week and why?
Misty Kortes:Oh, you know, I so I have this saying, every day is Friday. Every day is Friday when you love your life and you love what you're doing. Now there was moments in my career that I didn't every day didn't feel like Friday because I was in a well, it was only a couple years, but, you know, every day is Friday.
Kimberley Borgens:So Every day is Friday. I like that. Friday. Texting or talking?
Misty Kortes:Oh, text. Well, text. Yes. But with my clients talk.
Kimberley Borgens:Okay. Got it. Got it. Okay. So that's that's cool.
Kimberley Borgens:So think about, you know, for you, everything that you've shared today. I just want to thank you for, you know, talking about community because community is really important. You know, I often say is you're in business by yourself, but you don't have to be alone in business. Right? You're you're in business for yourself, but it doesn't have to you don't have to do it alone.
Kimberley Borgens:You can bring in community, can bring in people that'll support you. The biggest thing that might be standing in your way in that is fear is, you know, could it look bad? Do I know what I'm doing? No. You don't.
Kimberley Borgens:Look. I don't know what I'm doing every day in business. Right? That's why I have cheat sheets and playbooks, and that's why I have systems in place, binders of everything because
Misty Kortes:Just be willing to learn and and and go from there. Absolutely.
Kimberley Borgens:And so I like that I like your no fluff approach to things, Misty. And so if you could take one thing away as a listener, I would say is just get into action. Just start taking action on what it is that you want for your business. Now look. You can go find Misty anywhere on social media.
Kimberley Borgens:She's all over. Misty Cortez. She's at MistyCortez.com, and that's k0rtes.com. So Misty Cortez dot com. You can go visit her there.
Kimberley Borgens:You can find her on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, you name it. She's out there. She's all over the place. Her
Misty Kortes:I'm even on the talk. I'm on the TikToks.
Kimberley Borgens:The TikTok. She's even on the talk. So you can even go, you know, look for her and learn about her community launch pad program, where she can help you launch your own community just like she was able to help me launch my community. So, you know, make sure that you reach out to her and do that. If you like this episode, if you think people should, hear exactly what we were talking about today, make sure that you subscribe so you can learn more.
Kimberley Borgens:You know, give us a review. What's your thoughts on this? And share it with your friends. Share it on your social media. And, you know, let's get the word out so we can help some more superheroes in heels out there.
Kimberley Borgens:Our next episode so, you wanna come back to our next episode is, I'm gonna be talking about the comment that I hear from women so often is, I didn't wanna bother you. When I ask why didn't you ask for some help, I didn't wanna bother you. I thought you were busy. Well, we're gonna dig deep onto that into the next episode, so make sure that you come back and join us, here at Superheroes in Heels. I'm Kimberley Borgens.
Kimberley Borgens:Thank you so much, Misty, for being a guest today and sharing your superpower, building community, and and getting into action, because it's so valuable. It's so valuable out in the entrepreneurial space.
Misty Kortes:Thank you.
Kimberley Borgens:Have a blessed day. Bye bye.
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