How did you do that?

Most of the time, the answer to that question in fairly straightforward. It’s a simple as following a recipe or a checklist.

But what about when the doing part isn’t easy to explain? When the answer to the question is, ‘I don’t know how to tell you how.”

Doing a triple axel. Writing excellent copy. Recognizing a pattern before anyone else has.

If you can do something so good that you can’t explain how you did it, it might be a good sign that you’re onto something remarkable.