Timing beats talent more often than talent wants to admit.

Being good is only half of it. The same idea, the same skill, the same ask lands completely differently depending on when it arrives, and talent hates hearing that because it feels unearned. But the window matters, and reading it is its own skill. Plenty of excellent work fails simply because nobody was ready for it yet.

Before your next ask, spend a minute on when rather than what. Notice the hour your coach, teacher or manager is actually able to listen. Same words, calmer week, and your chances shift more than another round of polishing would have moved them.