Isaac Asimov's Foundation

When you show the character being really competent at something, that helps build confidence that they will be able to figure out things later. And I would like to point out also, this is a good method of building a story. It's the what is your pick a character, put them in the wrong shoes,. Put them in thewrong position, put the wrong role. One example of this, which is my guilty pleasure, is dancing with the stars.