"a rising tide rising all boats" when it is talking about competition.
2006-08-11 02:48:24 · 10 answers · asked by SAS 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
my mistake the quote is
"A rising tide lifts all boats"
2006-08-11 03:00:31 · update #1
"A rising tide lifts all boats" means that when the economy is expanding, all companies (and workers) benefit.
2006-08-11 02:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the quote is "A rising tide rises all boats." If something good happens in the competition, it will help all the competitors. For example, if the wind changes in a boat race, all competitors can take advantage of it.
2006-08-11 09:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first and fourth answers are correct in that all business prosper when the economy (or industry segment) is expanding...
However, it is also frequently used to explain how a business that would under normal circumstances fail or perform poorly is actually managing to succeed. Meaning, their success is not through their own doing but by merely being a participant.
ex: Did you hear that crappyportal.com just had an IPO that netted $8.6 billion? Yeah, well, a rising tide lifts all boats.
2006-08-11 09:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by Will 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual quote is, "a rising tide lifts all boats."
It refers to the fact that when the economy prospers, everyone in the economy benefits.
2006-08-11 09:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
okay here's my interpetation. The efforts of one competitior, raising the height of his game is similar to the tide, in the way that it brings everything up to a higher level and forces all of the "boats"(other Competitiors to raise there game to match.
2006-08-11 09:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for example when a company, team, economy is doing well everyone does well the big boats (smart people) and small boats ( not so sharp)
2006-08-11 12:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by titanbooboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What affects me affects my competition (for the positive and the negative) and there may not be such a thing as a business advantage
2006-08-11 09:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means choose such a way to raise the demand of market and that will led every thing on rising .
2006-08-11 09:59:14 · answer #8 · answered by nawab allam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no no i choose to think of it as simply meaning motivation and effort will surmount all odds n obstacles no matter how insurmountably burdensome these may be..
it may not have much to do with competition but much to do with the value of individual effort.
gud luk :)
2006-08-12 17:19:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some changes benefit all competitors.
2006-08-11 09:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by pamspraises 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋