Great to hear from you again @nanzo-scoop and great first 2 seconds ;-) !
What you are saying is very true. Everything worthwhile costs time and effort. It's natural to want short-cuts, but 99% of the time is worthless and we should have invested our time in the longer but solid path to an answer or the right action.
You talked a little bit about discipline as well and what I find to be very true is that willpower is always finite. The best way to create 'discipline' is to create situations in which willpower is least needed because you've taken away all the temptations and distractions.
Cheers to killing the distractions and put in some deep work!