Boil the Ocean
A corporate euphemism for "trying to do everything at once" that makes poor planning sound like ambitious strategy, usually used when someone wants to avoid making actual decisions.
Examples
Examples:
- "Don't try to boil the ocean." (don't try to do everything because you'll fail at all of it)
- "We're boiling the ocean on this project." (we're failing spectacularly at this project)
- "Boiling the ocean is our specialty." (failing at everything is our specialty)
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euphemismplanningambitiousdecisionsfailing
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