Recognition comes first, then the invitation, and when it is real you feel it in your core; there is no doubt. Imagine a gifted classical guitarist booking herself into a bar full of people who came to dance: however brilliant the playing, she leaves unheard and embittered. The same musician, invited by an audience that came to hear her, is unforgettable. That is the whole principle. A true invitation is the sign that your guidance is wanted, and wanted guidance lands and transforms. It also tends to arrive with the resources and compensation your skill deserves, because a real invitation is an investment in you.
Not every invitation is correct just because it finally came. Check it against your own inner authority before you say yes, and if your decisions run through your feelings, sleep on it; asking for a day or two to consider is not rude, and a genuine invitation survives the pause. Often the person comes back with something even better. Notice too that invitations expire. When the money, interest, or support drains out of an arrangement, the work may simply be complete, and the graceful move is to talk it through and, if so, let go rather than cling.
While you wait, master what fascinates you, so that you are ready when the call comes; waiting is readiness, not emptiness. Chasing attention has the opposite effect: pushing your insight on people reads as needy, and neediness is exactly what the other types resist. Your quiet confidence is what draws the right people in, because your aura does the inviting for you. Enter through recognition and you meet your signature of success. Push in uninvited, or settle for any scrap of attention because the bills are due, and you meet bitterness, the sure sign you were not truly seen.