Downshift With Tonnika

In this episode, Tonnika Haynes welcomes Ash Kaplan to talk about the realities of shop ownership and building a business with authenticity. Tonnika Haynes shares her journey taking over her family’s automotive shop, highlighting the challenges of stepping into leadership and learning to trust her team. Ash details her path from tinkering as a kid to founding Golden Hour Garage, emphasizing the im...

In this episode, Tonnika Haynes and Ash Kaplan welcome Jeff Compton from The Jaded Mechanic Podcast . Jeff Compton shares his frustration with old, ineffective shop practices and highlights the need for better advisor training. Ash Kaplan emphasizes the importance of mutual respect and technical understanding between the front and back of the shop, arguing that process—and not just technology—driv...

It's our first ever episode!!!! Wow - never did I ever think I'd have a podcast. WHAT??!!! Yet, here we are. I'm ready for this journey and excited for you to join me. Today, for such a cool moment as episode one, who better to help kick it off than Diesel Jesus...Zeb Beard. He shares how he took bad advice and turned it into motivation, saying he's always been a dreamer and than now he's living t...

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