There are not short-cuts to building iman.
There are no short-cuts to mental toughness.
There are not short-cuts to learning Arabic.
There are not short-cuts to memorizing Quran.
There are no short-cuts to mastering any craft.
There are no short-cuts to getting physically fit.

If anything is truly good in this world...there are no short-cuts. They all need time, discipline, work, monotony, and boredom.
But the benefit is that they are firmly stable, not fleeting. You don't have to fret about losing it at any moment.

In contrast, the things the ego loves all have short-cuts and can disappear in a flash. It's not a daily occurrence, but it happens. We've all seen people make a ton of money in a year. You can marry rich or inherit.

Someone might die and you inherit. People design apps for fun and are now millionaires. Athletes go pro and get drafted. People gamble or win the lottery. Money in itself is not something Allah loves, and therefore, it comes and goes easily.

We've also seen people become poor in a very short time. Fame is even more fickle. The approval of people is no different.

So if it's true that the real good things in life come slowly after prodding for years and years, then maybe it's good to be trained in how to handle boredom and monotony.

It's wierd that when someone says they're impatient and get bored quickly, we've come to associate that with genius: he's too smart for his surroundings.

Maybe so, but even people who start off like that and eventually stick to one thing, like building a company, all come around to realizing that what's truly good will not come to you unless you pay the price of patience, persistence, and repetition.