“Live to Bring Luvity” with auGi Garred (GWTW874)

How do you respond when moments of disruption happen in your life? Do you shake your fist at the sky, bemoaning, “Why me?” Or do you get curious and ask, “What’s around the next corner?” During every pivotal moment in the life of today’s guest, he learned what it would take to not only escape the assembly line, but to build a life worth living. auGi Garred is a storyteller, former comedian, multi-instrumentalist, beacon of fun on the horizon, and founder of Molting Men, a place for Gen-X creatives to reimagine their futures. In this conversation, auGi tells powerful stories centered around three key areas: Rush, the power of humor, and staying open to what is around the next corner. He talks about why you should always choose best friends over young love, the challenges of collaborating with a college grad who thought he was the next Ira Gershwin, how he earned the equivalent of a business school education by speaking with over 70,000 people at the world’s largest telecom company, and the power of excavating your origin story to shape your future. Most importantly, he shares how what he calls “luvity,” the fusion of love and levity, can make the lives of those around you better.

Show Links

auGi Garred on LinkedIn

Molting Men (Running Naked)

OGGOMATiC on YouTube

Rush

Caress of Steel by Rush

Signals by Rush

Permanent Waves by Rush

Moving Pictures by Rush

Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage

Star Wars Trash Compactor Scene (A New Hope)

Binary sunset… from A New Hope, Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection

Welcome to Ingham County

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Wikipedia

History of Oldsmobile – Oldsmobile Club of America

Goodyear Tires

Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru’s Death Scene – Star Wars: A New Hope [4k UltraHD]

Goblin Claudio Simonetti

REO Speedwagon

3209 W Barnes Rd, Mason, MI 48854

UFO (band)

Le Studio

Whitesnake

Foreigner – Hot Blooded (Official Live Video)

Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue – Full Album

Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love

Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle

van-halen.com – The Official Van Halen Web Site

ABBA -– Dancing Queen (Official Music Video)

Nazareth – Hair of the Dog (Official Audio)

Foo Fighters – Breakout (Official HD Video)

Michelangelo’s Non-finito Sculptures Beyond the Notes

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

• Episode photo by Noah Klimpel • on Unsplash