Get leverage on the fixed cost of pain
Treat the difficulties you run into as fixed costs over which you can gain Operating leverage. If you are going to pay the cost, why not get the most out of the situation?
A complementary idea is that you shouldn’t embark on endeavors with significant upfront costs unless you plan to exploit them to the maximum possible extent. Otherwise you miss out on the operating leverage opportunity. For so many things, the biggest gains are in the “out years” so to speak, often due to compounding.