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Learn to Do the Un-Sexy Work with Carson Mediate

Episode 153

Learn to Do the Un-Sexy Work with Carson Mediate

February 16, 2023 • 78 minutes

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Carson Mediate is interesting. Multiple times during the podcast, host Aaron Witt exclaimed, “no shit!” 

Carson is from south Georgia, and didn’t grow up in the Dirt World, in that neither of his parents worked in the industry. However, he DID start his own landscaping business when he was 14 and was running crews of his friends and managing at a Chik Fil A all while going to high school. He always had an interest in agriculture work, and after high school, he had to decide if he was going to focus on landscaping as a career or move on to something bigger. He moved to Savannah, GA in his early 20s and had an opportunity to start a trucking company focused on dump trucks in the area. As that business grew, he became immersed in the Dirt World, and from those experiences, Carson knew that he wanted to focus on starting his own excavation and grading company. Fast-forward a few years to today as he and his team are constantly learning and adapting to the needs of the Dirt World.

Today on Dirt Talk, host Aaron Witt and Carson Mediate chat about why college wasn’t the right path for Carson (and why diving into work was the correct way), why the trucking industry is a red-tape nightmare that is systemically built to make it harder and harder for new people to enter it, and why it can be so valuable to do the kinds of work that aren’t “sexy” to build relationships in the Dirt World. 

To keep up with Carson’s story, check him out at @brackishconstruction.

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