I went through a period last year where I was listening to a lot of podcasts on the Nerdist network. The stand-up comedians who often feature on various Nerdist podcasts will every so often talk about career progression and recognition in the world of stand-up.
A point that has been brought up in those podcasts which continues to resonate with me is to ‘just kill’ (write good material, perform it well, listen to the crowd’s feedback, make adjustments and get a better reaction next time). Forget about everything else. Forget about other stand-up comics who are becoming more well-known than you, whether you think they deserve it or not, whether you think it should be you instead of them. Forget all of it. Just kill. Keep killing, keep iterating, keep improving, and your stand-up material will speak for itself.