Master Tech to Millionaire

Joe Adams interviews Charlie Zlatkos about his journey from a hands-on master technician to a successful multi-shop owner. Charlie shares the early struggles, the turning points with mentors like Todd Hayes, and how he learned systems, leadership and customer-first service to build a thriving business.
This episode highlights hard work, the importance of treating the customer as the source of everything, the need for repeatable systems, and how training and servant leadership turned a one-man shop into a multi-million dollar operation.AutoShopAnswers.com
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Pastor DeVante explains what it means to be "planted" in the house of the Lord—how consistency, deep roots, and the right spiritual environment help you flourish through every season.
He introduces a daily devotional, encourages small daily habits, and invites listeners to commit to Christ and a Bible-based community so they can grow, bear fruit, and find lasting peace.

Become an objection MASTER as Joe and Glenn break down how to overcome common customer objections; using shop tours, empathy, the feel-felt-found method, assumption of sale, urgency, and conviction. They explain how to avoid objections by building trust up front and how to recover when you’re put on defense.
Listeners get practical scripts and tactics — calling the competition, offering financing, demonstrating value versus price, and using the “second voice” — all aimed at turning hesitant customers into repeat, high-value clients.
 
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Pastor DeVante Tidwell explores why people hold themselves back — from gluttony, overspending, and workaholism to not asking for help — and how shame and feelings of unworthiness fuel self‑sabotage. 
The episode offers practical reframes, examples from Scripture of broken people God used, and a clear invitation to receive God’s grace. It ends with a short prayer and encouragement to stop medicating pain and begin healing at the root.

Pastor DeVante preaches from Mark 8:22–26 about a blind man healed in stages, illustrating how God first draws us close, then corrects, and finally gives clear vision.
The sermon explains grace as a refining process — sometimes messy but purposeful — and invites listeners to receive Jesus, be transformed, and bring others to Him.

Pastor DeVante Tidwell and guest host Bill Brusard discuss how to handle the “middle” seasons of life and business, using Numbers 11 and the example of the Israelites to explore faith, temptation, and trust in God’s process.
They give practical examples—debt, health, relationships, and business growth—showing how nostalgia and fear can derail progress and how faith, obedience, and community help you move from where you are to where God intends.
 

Joe Adams and Chaplain DeVante Tidwell discuss making your best your standard—how consistency, small daily wins, and spiritual accountability beat laziness and compound into excellence at work, in family, and in leadership.
They share scripture-based insight, practical micro-win challenges (start a habit, journal progress, show up early), and a call to let disciplined effort open doors in business and life.

Joe Adams and Pastor DeVante Tidwell explore the question "Are we there yet?" and focus on the importance of the middle season — the daily process between start and finish.
They emphasize process over outcome, practical micro-wins, systems thinking for business and life, and spiritual encouragement to grow, stay present, and become who you were created to be.

Pastor DeVante Tidwell and Joe Adams discuss the importance of partnerships, mentorship, and community for business and personal growth. Using Proverbs and practical examples, they show how the right relationships create productive friction that sharpens leaders and accelerates success.
Listeners are challenged to find a mentor, add peers who push them forward, and pay it forward by mentoring others, embracing uncomfortable growth for long-term ROI in life and business.

Joe Adams and Todd Hayes dive into recruiting as the single biggest bottleneck for automotive businesses, sharing raw stories and practical tactics. They cover hands-on recruiting, building a better workplace (benefits, training, pay), identifying A-players, managing gray-area talent, and how strong onboarding + culture turn hires into high performers and generational opportunities.AutoShopAnswers.com
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