We all like to think we’re masters of at least one craft.
However after many years of practice, some people can do things with a level of skill
and precision that we couldn’t ever dream of.
Watching these people perform can be a real pleasure.
Their expertise just makes their work look effortless and mesmerising.
Ready to take a look?
Let’s get it on!
Simple things are sometimes the most difficult.
You just never know what’s going to trip you up - it could be something as simple as
edging your lawn.
People who do that for a living invent easy methods for quick results though, so we should
just copy them.
If edging your lawn is a problem, just copy this guy and you’ll never have a problem
again.
The way he does it just makes it look so simple, and the edge turns out so smooth.
He probably does the whole golf course in seconds.
It’s definitely true that there’s beauty in simplicity, and I’m going to prove it
to you.
All these guys are doing is putting a coating on an asphalt driveway.
But it’s the most watchable thing you’ll ever see, with all that shiny black liquid
smoothly covering the dull grey asphalt.
Why’s it so satisfying?
Honestly, I’m happy to never know and just keep watching this video forever instead of
getting to the bottom of that mystery.
You don’t need fancy equipment, bright lights or dazzling costumes to be able to dazzle
an audience.
With the right skills, you could get their attention with something as simple as a soda
bottle.
Don’t believe me?
Watch this guy and tell me you’re not amazed.
Anyone would be impressed with that kind of speed bottle opening.
He must have worked at a bar for a really long time to develop a skill like that - we’ll
never be able to match it.
If you’re looking for amazing tricks, it’s always a good idea to turn your eyes toward
a skate park.
Skateboarders are incredibly creative and they’re always trying to invent new tricks
that can amaze onlookers.
You wouldn't have seen this one before: he found the perfect spot and really took advantage
of it to create a new highly skilled and mesmerising trick, where he somehow gets the board to
do most of the stunt on its own!
Incredible!
Some fruit and veg really seem like they were designed to make cooking difficult.
I know that sounds crazy, but I’m sure loads of you can relate.
Melons are one of the worst.
Most of us deal with them by slicing them, but this man is not most people.
He’s an expert.
He can peel whole melons.
It’s such a rare skill that it might as well be a superpower.
And he makes it look easy too - no big deal, just a perfectly round, juicy, skinless melon
in seconds.
Those knife skills are mesmerising.
It will come as no surprise that pro sportsmen are going to make an appearance - you just
don’t get to play on that level without incredible skills.
Hockey players seem to have a very unique skill though - they’re brilliant at retrieving
dropped sticks.
They don’t even need to touch them - just watch Sidney Crosby return this one as soon
as it hits the floor.
Amazingly, he’s not the only one with this skill - Auston Matthews can flip a hockey
stick backward into the hands of a teammate he can’t even see.
It’s pretty amazing.
Most of us hate cleaning, but there are people out there who get a lot of satisfaction out
of simple household tasks.
You might even have one you enjoy doing.
Window cleaning is probably the one most likely to be enjoyable, because it looks like this.
Get it right, and all the soap disappears, leaving a gorgeous clear and shiny window
behind it.
It’s the visibly clean result that makes it so satisfying to do, but it seems to work
if you’re just watching someone do it too.
Every now and again, something will happen and there’s just nothing you can do but
admit defeat.
Anyone who’s played against Nick Martinez in this game will know what I mean.
When you hit the baseball and Martinez somehow manages to catch it behind his back without
looking, what can you do?
I bet they weren’t even angry - they were too busy being amazed at the skill in that
incredible catch to realise they were meant to be upset.
Well, most of them anyway.
There’s always something mesmerising about transformations - especially if you can watch
something old suddenly look like new again.
It’s pretty basic, but why complicate it?
Just watch someone repaint a tennis court.
He does it expertly, and you get to watch the horrible old grey turn into soothing green.
Honestly it’s hypnotising, and his ability to paint is so smooth it makes it even better
than it should be - just watch the perfectly straight lines of green appear seemingly out
of nowhere.
I think we’ve all found a new hobby after seeing this.
Everyone loves fast food, but have you ever stopped to wonder how fast, fast food can
actually get?
Well lucky for us, there are cameras everywhere these days, so we can find out how impossibly
fast a good burger wrapper can get your burger to you.
It looks like the answer is faster than your eyes can see.
This guy has got to be special, this can’t be how it’s always done - it’s like watching
The Flash.
Weirdly, for something happening at such a breakneck speed, it’s strangely calming
to watch.
Loads of people turn to tea when they want to relax.
It’s a calming, warming and very satisfying drink, so it’s no wonder people love it.
But there’s more than one way to get a whole lot of satisfaction from tea: you can watch
this woman wrap it up.
Her technique is amazing, but even better is the result she gets.
It ends up being such a beautiful little package by the time she’s done with it.
I don’t know how she does it, but I want to watch her do it forever.
Nothing’s more satisfying to watch than a moonwalk and it’s a skill most of us aspire
to achieve.
It’s a noble pursuit, but what about when you’ve mastered it?
Well you might think you can’t get any better, but this man came up with a way to make it
even cooler - literally.
Just add ice.
Have you ever seen anything more mesmerising than this perfectly executed, ultra smooth
moonwalk on ice?
This man is more talented than all of us put together.
Sometimes, detail is everything.
But it’s not always that easy to achieve such a fine-tuned piece of perfection.
If you have the skills like this person, it can be the most satisfying thing on earth.
A simple but flawlessly executed bit of grouting is enough to help you waste hours of your
life with the addition of automatic replay.
How do they get it to go only where it’s meant to go?
It’s a thing of beauty.
Oftentimes, the most satisfying things to watch are the skills that look effortless
even though they’re actually seriously difficult.
Of course you need a master to make something hard look easy, so it’s a good thing someone
filmed this potter.
Throwing perfect clay bowls is not an easy skill to master, but he’s done it.
Sometimes it doesn’t even look like he’s touching the clay, it just does whatever he
wants it to.
Now that’s some serious clay wizardry - good thing he learnt how to do this so we can watch
it without trying to do it ourselves.
Traditional food from around the world can be exciting and more delicious than you can
ever imagine.
But it’s almost impossible to replicate the flavours at home.
If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t do it, you’ll know now.
This is how they make tandoori naan, which you’d probably mistakenly imagine is a simple
thing to make.
It’s definitely not.
There are so many skills in play, I can’t even begin to work out what's going on in
this video.
Here’s a question for all of you who live in a place where it snows: have you ever shovelled
snow off your driveway and wondered how they get snow off a highway?
Probably not, but I’ll show you anyway.
This is synchronised snow plowing - the easiest and fastest way to get snow off a big highway
without blocking traffic or closing off lanes.
One plow passes snow to the next, and the next, until all the snow from all the lanes
is next to the road.
So simple, and so satisfying.
Some people have skills beyond our wildest imagination and this woman is one of them
- she’s a dough wizard.
She’s making a Thai dessert with that super-thin pancake type dough, but
it’s definitely not as easy as she’s making it look.
She has special secrets, or she cast a spell on
that dough to get it to do exactly what she wants, when most of us wouldn’t be able
to handle it at all.
Alright maybe it’s not magic, maybe it’s just practice, but no amount of practice would
help me do what she does.
If there’s one thing you can bet will relax you, it’s watching spray foam insulation
being put in a wall.
This worker has probably the best job you can get in construction, working with that
weird and wonderful substance.
It’s almost like the building-site equivalent of a lava lamp
because of the way it moves as it expands and puffs up when it hits the wall.
This worker is a real professional - you can tell because he’s
not asking if he can go again.