"It's made me who I am, and given me a knack for figuring people out".
A high-school dropout and drop-in, Mr. Navas had a knack for figuring out how things worked.
Children, however, can be savvy gamers, and Brees may have fallen victim to the youngsters' knack for "figuring out" the secrets to games.
When he believes somebody can do something, he just tells them, 'You can do this, and you're doing to do it.' " Cameron also has a knack for figuring out easy fixes to other gymnasts' problems.
He has a knack for figuring out when Mr. Romney is feeling disconnected from headquarters and should be looped in on a conference call, or when he needs a break in his tight schedule.
Jeremiah Wright, scholar and preacher and political activist, was also a successful entrepreneur, with a knack for figuring out his congregants' needs, both pastoral and rhetorical, and meeting them, though not always in expected ways.
Not only do they have quality insider information but they also have a knack for figuring out how to evaluate startups.
"I'm not the kind of person who has the talent to come up with original design ideas that might appeal to consumers but I realized I had a knack for figuring out what was likely to move, and how to factor that into any investment analysis".
Other than a decent knack for figuring out the names of black metal bands from their undecipherable fonts, I cannot say that I am anything of a metal head.
This knack for establishment figures is helped by his background, as the public school-educated son of a soldier, although Haig's dad was not quite the classic army chap.
