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by noureen 3045 days ago
They took "Never quit trying" to heart
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Must be that Finnish Sisu[1] at work.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu

First time I heard about. I like that they have a word for it and its fairly short, I might just start using it myself. I speak almost 4 languages and always fascinated by concepts that can't be directly translated.

Also like that there is a scale applied to it and it can be a negative thing:

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[...] there can be too much sisu, and according to the survey answers this leads to bull-headedness, foolhardiness, self-centeredness and inflexible thinking.

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