Chase excellence until recognition becomes a side effect.

Recognition sought directly tends to shape the work badly, since you begin optimizing for what gets noticed rather than for what is good. Pursued as a consequence, it arrives more slowly and attaches to something that deserves it. The order genuinely changes the outcome.

When making a choice about your work, ask which option produces the better thing rather than the better reaction. Do that repeatedly. The recognition question can be revisited once there is something worth recognizing.