By Aytekin Tank
In India, Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation. He was hands-down one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. And he was, unsurprisingly, an extremely busy man. But every day, he walked nearly 18 kilometers (that’s about 11.2 miles). He wrote countless letters. He carved out time for his family. He stuck ruthlessly to his priorities.In a 2012 Harvard Business Review story, Essentialism author Greg McKeown writes about Arun, Gandhi’s grandson, who grew up in South Africa. Getting beaten up for being both too white and too black, Arun was having a tough time, to say the least. He went to stay with his grandfather, and as Arun later recounted to McKeown, Gandhi spent an hour every day just listening to his grandson. It proved to be a life-changing experience, all because despite his historic work, Gandhi prioritized his family.
