{"id":37869,"date":"2020-10-30T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/just-leave-that-crown-in-garage\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:58:00","slug":"just-leave-that-crown-in-garage","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/just-leave-that-crown-in-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Leave that Crown in the Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late 2000, Indra Nooyi was working late at PepsiCo. At around 9:30pm her office phone rang. On the other line was a member of the corporate board who informed her that she would be the next president of the company. 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