I agree, that you can do a certain amount of training, but as with many talents a large portion of pressure-sustaining is a thing that comes with birth. I forgot to mention that I actually find your idea good, if it is not the only measure that is taken. I, for one, are against an elbow and achievement-only society and want to question that in principle. Because it can never be fully abandoned and pressure can come to effect in a lot of situations, it is also a tremendously good idea to teach people how to deal with it. You would just have to do it right and not make it one of these useless soft skill thingies.

People in Finland are different, just like the Hungarians (same ethnic origin), they seem to have some melancholy incorporated in their common spirit.

Also as soon as you learn basic strategies and skills, you start to have a choice, you do not have to expose yourself to stress anymore, unless you decide to do so.

I do agree though that nordic societies do indeed have their advantages , but never the less, I prefer to stay a thrill-seeker for now.

Cheers
-Richard

There is a certain, not-too-low percentage of people who will never learn to full cope with the tremendous amount of pressure posed upon them - why not strive for a more cooperation- and relationship based society like the Nordics have? One where not only achievement (no matter how it was reached) counts. Weak people - either in terms of skills or psyche - are often treated as relatively “unworthy” in Austria. Austrian society sometimes really sucks with respect to that.

Maybe on identi.ca. That would be nice. You can contribute in the !openvideo group. We need more interesting stuff happening there

And concerning your question, you will find out soon. Although it is more of a local project here.

Have fun,
Cheers
-Richard