> I still empathize with the phenomenon though. No matter what mindset you have or humility or conscious understanding of the differences between human ability,

> I still empathize with the phenomenon though. No matter what mindset you have or humility or conscious understanding of the differences between human ability, it's often viscerally frustrating to see others pick stuff up way quicker than you could ever hope to. The irony of this is that she had a high IQ so was used to learning things much quicker than others. > The correct answer is "because I had a great teacher". She probably learnt skiing with less guidance and had to figure out a bunch of stuff on her own. The reason I was good at skiing was because a) I had done aggressive inline skating for many years, and b) I had been snowboarding a few times The confidence and similarity from rollerblading along with familiarity of how the snow moves from snowboarding allowed me to pick it up quickly.