Boil the ocean
Executive level. All phrases
| Means | Try to do everything at once and finish nothing. |
|---|---|
| Lands | When a plan is so big it can't possibly ship. |
| Backfires | When it's used to shut down any ambition at all. |
Outlook: Let's not boil the ocean. Phase one is just the top three customer requests.
Try it yourself. Drills give you a plain sentence to rewrite with this kind of phrase, then score how corporate you sound. Start training.
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