Basically, the way it was introduced was, it’s more than “tenacity” or “grit.” It’s more than the ability to grit your teeth and push through adversity. It’s the ability to totally immerse yourself into the eye of the adversity until you either become immune to it or you become the adversity yourself.
– BRENT KEY on the Finnish Concept of “Sisu” he is Bringing to the Jackets this Year
Coach Key is now preaching the Finnish concept of “Sisu.” to his team.
“Extraordinary determination, courage and resoluteness in the face of extreme adversity,” is how Tech coach Brent Key explained sisu, his latest way to try to motivate his team.
“An action mindset which enables individuals to reach beyond their present limitations, take action beyond all odds and transform barriers and frontiers. An integral element of the Finnish culture and also a universal capacity which we all share.”
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