In a podcast from the archive, Dave Mashburn reminds us how high performing athletes achieve remarkable success.The ranks of amateurs are filled with individuals who develop a promising new technique, practice it for a few weeks, find it doesn’t pay off during the competition, and then go back to the drawing board to make modifications. They do this over and over again and go nowhere.High-performing professionals discovered what performance science and sports science have now made clear.To be truly successful, you must construct a plan and stick to it.And then, just execute.Forget about everything else that you can’t control. Just keep executing. And don’t go for detours.Dave tells the inspiring story of Katrin Tanja Davidsdóttir who competed in CrossFit’s world championship from Iceland.The first year she didn’t place in the competition but felt like she had a good plan and was making incremental progress.She stuck with her plan, executed better than her competitors, and four years later became CrossFit’s “Fittest Woman on Earth.”Many recruiters and hiring managers fall into the amateur performance trap—constantly tweaking but never really gaining measurable progress.High-performing recruiters create a great plan, and then, like Katrin, out-execute everyone else.