The task that seems effortless may be resting on preparations nobody has asked about.

Smoothness is usually the visible end of something invisible. The meal that appeared, the meeting that ran well, the trip with no problems: each rests on shopping, checking, ringing ahead and quiet worrying that nobody saw. When preparation works it disappears, and whoever did it gets credited with being naturally capable rather than with the hours. Effortless is a description of the surface.

Ask whoever made something easy what it actually took. Thank them for the specific preparation instead of the pleasant result.