--- title: Doing the Work with Tyson Smith - BuildWitt description: This week Tyson Smith joins Aaron to talk about his return to the dirt world, mental health, mentorship, and more. image: https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/tyson_podcover.png --- ![Doing the Work with Tyson Smith](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/tyson_podcover.png) Episode 104 # Doing the Work with Tyson Smith January 27, 2022 ## Transcript![dropdown](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/2022%20-%20BuildWitt%20Theme/images/icon-dropdown-thick.png) Pellentesque congue luctus enim, ac feugiat purus convallis vel. Ut eget maximus enim, vehicula malesuada tortor. Vivamus mollis quis arcu a gravida. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Suspendisse vel lorem non dolor lobortis consectetur sed eu arcu. Donec ac felis a purus accumsan posuere. Nulla feugiat magna velit, sed commodo augue volutpat id. Maecenas ultrices sed orci sit amet rutrum. 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Ask us! And we will try to answer it in future Dirt Talk episodes. ## Featured Guest --- ![107_podcover](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/107_podcover.jpg) Nic Parish Job Title, Company ![icon-linkedin-black](https://resources.buildwitt.com/hubfs/BuildWitt_November2021/images/icon-linkedin-black.svg)   Early in life, Tyson Smith (of [TJS Excavation](https://tjsexcavation.com/)) had lived a common Dirt World story: grew up obsessed with building things in the sandbox and started working in construction before he started high school. But unlike many who end up jumping right into the Dirt World, Tyson's path took a few turns. He went to college on an athletic scholarship and studied computers. He then proceeded to build a career in the tech industry for almost 20 years before EVENTUALLY deciding that his childhood love was calling him home to the Dirt World. Fast forward a few years, and now Tyson runs [TJS Excavation](https://tjsexcavation.com/), a 1-man outfit out of eastern Oklahoma. This week on Dirt Talk, Tyson was kind enough to join host Aaron Witt in the Dirt Talk studios to talk about his story of how he made his way back to the dirt. 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