In the 2020 campaign everyone mocked him for thinking he’d get anything done working with the GOP. After Obama everyone thought it couldn’t be done. Joe made his argument very subtly but he has essentially always believed he would be better at the job than Obama
Sure, but the most important job of a president is to hire good staff then listen to them. Also a lot of Biden’s success has come from his personal communication and negotiation skills and his deep experience of how Congress operates.