I may have come to a realization I'd like to share.
I have been trying to come up with a solution to people who struggle with self discipline. They ask me "how" they can stop caring what others think, or "how" they can stop being lazy, and I think I understand the problem.
You need to develop the ability to envision the goal to stay motivated, which requires abstract thinking and the ability to have an internal model of the world.
This requires an IQ above 100.
Is weakness a product of IQ?
@Tfmonkey Weakness maybe is a product of IQ. Two things come to mind, 1) the marshmallow test that showed how those who can delay gratification do better in life, and 2) the "what if you didn't have breakfast today" question, that some people apparently cannot answer as it depends on a hypothetical, an abstract.
I haven't investigated either of these first hand so maybe they're not as they seem.......
@TfmonkeyBut it does seem that a lack of vision or long term goal setting/following correlates with struggling more in life. To paraphrase a Nietzsche (I think) quote Jordan Peterson has said many times, 'he who has a why can withstand any how'. A long projected goal may depend on some level of intelligence. An exception might be faith, but that would be an abstracted ideal like heaven or redemption or benevolent goddess; or just the prospect of reproducing.
Just my thoughts. Interesting questn
As I read my previous comment, I have a contradictory thought. If being zen means being at peace in the present and accepting that, then one is not concerned with the future. Again, it's an interesting question.