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What is Boil The Ocean?

Boiling the ocean refers to an attempt to perform a seemingly impossible task. Also, it is used to refer to when the scope of a task or project is unnecessarily increased so as to become difficult to achieve. 

In strategy, it refers to situations in which a company takes on a bigger project or assumes a goal that is impossible to accomplish.