Many years ago as Cadet Pilot Engineer, I had my first flying lesson in a Bulldog T1. My instructor was Flt.Lt. D*** T****, known to all his students as "DT" because of the effect he had on us. He'd been in the RAF for 40 years, flying for all of that, hated students, but had flown everything and was accepted by all of us as an incredibly experienced instructor.
At the end of the lesson, he gave me a stern look "Genghis, you've had your first flying lesson. I've seen enough to know that you are not a natural pilot. However, I've only ever seen two natural pilots, and they are both dead. Read up on the next exercise, I expect you in my office at 0830 in the morning for briefing".
Which probably covers it fairly well I thought.
G