No matter how good you are and how hard you work, if you're in the wrong context then it's just not possible to do your highest and best use.

When you're in your highest and best use, you're in your flow state.

Sometimes the context is a thing you can control, but often it isn't; you need the support of others to help make that context correctly aligned.

Sometimes the context that two high-ability people need to thrive are simply incompatible.