The Unbreakable Advantage

Send us Fan Mail David Bybee is the head coach for Team USA Olympic Kickboxing, a world champion, and the author of the forthcoming book The Warrior Bloodline. He is also, in his own words, two people: the champion the world sees, and the quiet kid who was told daily he should have died.  In this conversation, David and Misty trade stories that line up almost beat for beat. A collision at age five...

Send us Fan Mail Content warning: This episode includes frank discussion of childhood sexual abuse, trafficking, addiction, and complex PTSD. Please take care while listening.  Chasity grew up in a tiny Louisiana town with one red light, no hospital, and a childhood she genuinely loved. Then at twenty seven, her own mind began returning memories she did not know she was carrying. What she found di...

Send us Fan Mail New relationship. New job. New city. New chapter. So why does it keep ending the same way? In this episode Misty Carson opens up one of the most humbling things she has ever had to see in herself: the way we wrap the same core pattern in new packaging and expect a different result. A different bow on the same box. She walks through how that one hidden pattern quietly shapes our re...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a man who once slept in his car and on park benches spends 37 years quietly dismantling the industry that was supposed to serve people and ends up rebuilding it around the human instead? In this episode, Misty sits down with Taylor Ranker, founder of Questmont and author of Dead Cats and Wealth Advisors: Exposing the Myths and Lies of the Wealth Management Indust...

Send us Fan Mail Guest: Maria Jackson  For seven years, Maria Jackson did everything right and still kept getting knocked down. Three rounds of IVF. Loans taken out, paid off, and taken out again. A patient in her chair telling her she was too late to ever be a mother while she held it together until she reached her car. And one morning, a day after her birthday, she woke up certain she had lost t...

Send us Fan Mail Some threats announce themselves. The most dangerous ones never do. In the first guest episode of The Unbreakable Advantage, Misty Carson sits down with Tami Fitzpatrick, Founder and CEO of Entropy Technology Design, whose proprietary low frequency magnetic field detection sees storms forming 3,000 miles out and catches the weaponized drones that slip in under the radar. Her work...

Send us Fan Mail At 16, pregnant, emancipated, and on her own, Misty Carson had no home, no safety net, and no degree. What she had was a whisper that said there is more for you than this, and a roomful of louder voices telling her to stay exactly where she was. This is the origin story of The Unbreakable Advantage, told in two parts in one sitting. In Part 1, The Eagle in the Chicken Coop, Misty...

Send us Fan Mail Guest: Deborah Livingston, CEO & Founder of ReEmployAbility What if the way we’ve been taught to lead is actually limiting performance? In this episode, I sit down with Deborah Livingston, CEO and founder of ReEmployAbility, to talk about what it really looks like to lead people well, especially the ones who are holding your business together every day. We get into the reality...

Send us Fan Mail Before we relaunch, we need to talk about where this is going. This podcast started with a focus on business, insurance, and leadership decisions. But underneath all of that, there’s something bigger that’s been driving every conversation: People. The ones carrying pressure. The ones navigating uncertainty. The ones who have lived through more than most people will ever see. What...

Send us Fan Mail Most leaders treat turnover as a human resources problem. What they don't realize is that it’s actually a massive risk signal that quietly bleeds into every line of insurance they buy.  In this solo episode, Misty Carson breaks down the "Zero-BS" reality of how high turnover levels are driving up your workers’ comp, health insurance, and liability costs. Insurance i...

Send us Fan Mail Most organizations invest heavily in technology, equipment, and insurance, yet they expect leadership capability to develop on its own. In this solo episode, Misty Carson explains why that assumption is one of the most expensive mistakes a business can make.  Leadership isn't just about culture—it's about control. When leaders are unequipped, they avoid conflict, give va...

Send us Fan Mail How do you transition from running a successful business to building a multimillion-dollar enterprise that spans healthcare, insurance, and community infrastructure? You stop being a manager and start becoming an architect of systems.  This week, Misty sits down with Gary T. Hartfield , a serial entrepreneur, two-time author, and 2025 Titan 100 Honoree. Gary is the Founder and CEO...

Send us Fan Mail How do you stop reacting to double-digit healthcare renewals and start playing offense? You stop negotiating the scoreboard and start redesigning the game itself.  This week, Misty sits down with Jeff Bak , CEO and President of Imagine360 . With over 30 years in the healthcare arena, Jeff is a seasoned executive who has seen the system from every angle—from global practice leaders...

Send us Fan Mail How do you build a leadership system that stays fast and precise while scaling across the Southeast? You build it like a championship team.  This week, Misty sits down with Tye Fowler, the Chief Strategy Officer of SGD Communications and a nationally recognized leadership speaker. Tye operates in the high-pressure world of low-voltage and technology solutions—a space where technic...

Send us Fan Mail Most business leaders treat workers’ compensation like an insurance problem. It’s not. In this solo episode of The Policy Playbook, Misty Carson breaks down why workers’ comp is actually a leadership, operations, and culture issue that shows up on your insurance policy months or years later. You’ll learn why experience mods are lagging indicators, how the first seven days after an...

Send us Fan Mail You can have millions in property coverage and still go out of business after a covered loss. In this solo episode of The Policy Playbook, Misty Carson breaks down business income coverage, the most misunderstood coverage on a commercial policy and one of the biggest reasons companies fail after a fire, tornado, or major equipment loss. You will learn what business income actually...

Send us Fan Mail Hiring is not an HR task, it is a business protection strategy. In this episode, Misty Carson sits down with Tamara Galla, President and CEO of PDI Connection, to break down what most leaders miss about recruiting, culture, and the real cost of turnover. Tamara built her firm on three non negotiables, Passion, Drive, and Integrity, and she explains why the fastest hire is rarely t...

Send us Fan Mail Leadership isn’t just about growth. It’s about protecting what you’ve built before pressure exposes the cracks. In this episode of The Policy Playbook, Misty Carson sits down with Samantha Greer, Principal and CEO of SG Consulting, to talk about what leadership really looks like when the stakes are high and the margin for error is small. Samantha operates in public, high-accountab...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Policy Playbook , I sit down with Frank Rygiel, a leader who understands what responsibility really looks like when decisions impact people, operations, and outcomes. Frank shares candid insight on leadership, ownership, and the realities business leaders face that rarely get discussed openly. We talk about decision making under pressure, long term thinking,...

Send us Fan Mail In 2024, the average cyber attack cost businesses $4.88 million, and most companies did not even know they had been breached for six months. In this solo episode of The Policy Playbook, Misty Carson breaks down the seven biggest cyber threats hitting businesses right now and exposes a hard truth. Most leaders think “We have cyber insurance” means “We are protected.” It does not. C...

Send us Fan Mail Most business owners are making six-figure decisions without a full playbook. They have a CPA. They have a financial advisor. They have an attorney. They have an insurance broker. But none of them are calling the plays together. In this episode, Misty digs into what happens when fragmented financial advice leads to unnecessary taxes, costly risk exposure, missed opportunities, and...

Send us Fan Mail How do you grow a mission-driven healthcare organization to $78 million in revenue while serving thousands of families in their most vulnerable moments? You follow a leader who has done it for 40 years. This week, Misty sits down with Linda Ward, one of the most respected voices in hospice, palliative, and home health care. Linda has led Gulfside Healthcare Services through statew...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Policy Playbook, we’re stepping off the field. This episode isn’t about strategy, insurance, or what to fix next. It’s about pausing with intention during Christmas week, especially for leaders and high performers who spent the year carrying responsibility, making decisions, and holding things together. If this year felt demanding in a quieter, more intentional wa...

Send us Fan Mail You know what drives me crazy? Watching business owners pay the price for mistakes their brokers made. Higher premiums. Coverage gaps. Unnecessary risk. All because someone on your team didn’t do their job. In this episode of The Policy Playbook, Coach Misty Carson throws penalty flags across the field, exposing the violations brokers commit that cost companies money, protection,...

Send us Fan Mail What if your benefits package wasn’t just an expense line—but your secret weapon for winning talent and keeping your best people? In this episode, Coach Misty Carson sits down with Stephanie Porrino (Koch) one of the nation’s top 25 HR and benefits leaders, to uncover how she turned a traditional benefits program into a competitive edge that fuels both engagement and profit. From...