Leave The Crown In The Garage

“This is about 14 years ago. I was working in the office. And I got a call about 9:30 in the night from the existing chairman and CEO at that time.

He said, ‘Indra, we’re going to announce you as president and put you on the board of directors … ‘I was overwhelmed, because look at my background and where I came from -to be president of an iconic American company and to be on the board of directors, I thought something special had happened to me.

So rather than stay and work until midnight which I normally would’ve done because I had so much work to do, I decided to go home and share the good news with my family .

I got home about 10, got into the garage, and my mother was waiting at the top of the stairs. And I said, “Mom, I’ve got great news for you.

She said, “let the news wait.Can you go out and get some milk?”

I looked in the garage and it looked like my husband was home.

I said, “what time did he get home?”

She said “8 o’clock.”

I said, “Why didn’t you ask him to buy the milk?”

“He’s tired.”

“Okay . We have a couple of help at home, why didn’t you ask them to get the milk?” Read more of this post