People call it a lucky break when someone finally gets paid for years of unpaid practice.

What gets called luck is usually visibility arriving late. Nobody was watching during the years of unpaid practice, so the first moment anyone notices looks like the moment it started, and the whole slow build gets compressed into an accident. The break is real, and it lands on people who were already ready for it.

If nothing you are doing is being noticed yet, that is the normal shape of it rather than evidence it is not working. Keep a private record of what you are getting better at. When someone eventually calls it luck, you will know exactly what it cost.