What does not work cannot be made to work just by trying harder or by force. The only recourse is to fall back and rely on your inner worth, which will shine with accomplishments in another time or under other circumstances, if you focus on the inner development required to allow you to grow in ways that make that possible.
Retreat from associations that diminish you. Contemplate your inner qualities, reform them and integrate them into a formidable force that will meet any test of your mettle when the time is right.