<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stavros Spyrou]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've achieved. You're successful. Yet despite this, there's a nagging feeling that something is missing >>> Clear-Discover.com]]></description><link>https://www.clear-discover.com/patterns</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:40:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.clear-discover.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Bodyguard]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's not quite ready". You've said that about work that was ready weeks ago. One more pass. A better opening. A cleaner version. Somehow the finish line keeps moving with you. People call this high standards and it's a flattering explanation. But high standards feel like pride. This feels like tightening. The closer the work gets to being seen, the tighter it gets. Now picture a bodyguard outside a door. Their job is simple: nobody reaches the person inside. They don't ask what anyone wants....]]></description><link>https://www.clear-discover.com/post/the-bodyguard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8062e3a7a7d1a936d459e3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:11:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Stav G. Spy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hot Pan Reflex]]></title><description><![CDATA[You touch a hot pan and your hand pulls back before you've had a single thought. You don't decide to. Your mind does it for you, because its job is to keep you away from things that burn. Now watch what happens with the work that matters most to you. You sit down to it - the proposal, the book, the thing with your name on it  and a few minutes later you're in your inbox instead. You didn't decide that either. There was no moment of choice. Your hand just left the pan. Same reflex. At some...]]></description><link>https://www.clear-discover.com/post/the-hot-pan-reflex</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8052b87c0c81962238d23b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:26:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Stav G. Spy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 90% Wall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone says starting is the hard part. There are whole books about the first step. But your unfinished things all started fine. They got further than most people's ever do. The deck has been nearly finished for a month. The book stopped one chapter from the end. The product works - it's been one small feature away since spring. Close to the end, they went quiet. Not because the remaining work is hard. It's usually the easiest part: the export, the upload, the send. And not because you lost...]]></description><link>https://www.clear-discover.com/post/the-90-wall</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8049e940f3daf10ba1fc7d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:17:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Stav G. Spy</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>