I have had loads of PAX comment on how do I not get confused with all the dials and switches in the jet I fly yet I can get it up and running within 5 minutes from cold without a check list and almost blindfolded with finger touch.
Same goes with ATC " How do you understand all that garbage"!
I watched an old lady whizzing about with a sowing machine knowing instictively how to turn the material at just the right point for perfect stitch curves and lines.
There is nothing clever or special its just a matter of understanding and familiarity with something till it becomes second nature like riding a bike.
So forget the gliders unless you want to learn to fly gliders.
Learn about what you intend to fly and the mystery and fear will go until its as easy as riding a bike
Pace