Rama Krishna Rao

A seeker who once chased speed, he now honors slowness as a form of clarity.

What If You Didn’t Need to Win to Enjoy the Game?

“For years I tried to matter more by doing more — then I discovered that what matters most shows up when you stop trying so hard.”

The Path I Had to Walk . . .

I walked the safe path once,

a decade of certainty,

yet hollow inside.


So I left.

Not knowing where it would take me,

only knowing I couldn’t stay.


I fell often.

Tried shortcuts.

Mistook speed for progress.

And in those stumbles,

I learned patience was the real teacher.


If failure was certain,

would I still choose this path?

Yes.

Because I found joy not in outcomes,

but in the act of building,

writing,

guiding,

becoming.


Pausing gave me clarity.

Struggle gave me strength.

Slowness gave me speed.


My story isn’t about winning or losing.

It’s about showing up

for the things I’d do

even if no one clapped.


And through it all,

one truth remains:

no one comes to save you.

You learn to save yourself.


The Man I Was Meant to Be Was Always There

I don’t wear many hats now.

I just wear one skin — mine.

I used to think I had to reinvent myself.

Now I see,


I only needed to remember.

The engineer, the strategist,

the poet, the seeker —

they were never at war.


They were always a team,

just waiting to trust each other.

My days are simple now.

But nothing about me is small.


I work in silence.

I write in rhythm.

I coach in presence.

And I rest without guilt.

The books I once dreamed of — they’re here.

Passed hand to hand,

quietly changing lives

the way mine was once changed

in still moments,

not loud ones.

My coaching?

Not about results.

About realizations.


I speak with those ready to see —

not to be fixed,

but to wake up.


Sometimes, they cry.

Sometimes, they laugh.

Mostly, they leave with less baggage

and more of themselves.

My family?

They know I’m here.

Not just in the room.

But really, fully here.


We walk the land.

We grow our own food.

We don’t need much.

But what we have —

is honest.

I move slow now.

But I get where I’m going.

Because slowness gave me speed.

Peace gave me power.


And purpose?

That gave me everything.

I don’t need to be seen.

I don’t need to be known.


I just need to be true.

And I am.

Not becoming someone new.


Just finally,

being all of me at once.