Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Understanding how something works will move it further than pushing on it harder. Force is expensive, obvious and easily resisted; knowing where the mechanism actually turns costs almost nothing to apply. Most stuck situations are not short of effort, they are short of an accurate picture. People reach for pressure because it feels like doing something, while learning feels like delay.

Take the problem you have been shoving at and spend an hour finding out how it really operates. Ask someone who has solved it before. An hour of that regularly saves a month of pushing.