{"id":171,"date":"2024-11-27T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daankosh.com\/public\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:35:55","slug":"scattered-clouds-do-not-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daankosh.com\/public\/blog\/scattered-clouds-do-not-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Scattered Clouds Do Not Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our ancestors have known it for a long time, they could see the clouds and would predict whether it would rain or not. Though the interpretations of cloud would vary from region to region but there is one thing common, scattered clouds do not bring rain.<\/p>\n<p>In non profits, we often see discontinuity between goals, activities and efforts. It is like making a centimetre (an inch if it\u2019s more familiar to you) progress in 10 different directions rather than a kilometre (likewise a mile) progress in one direction. 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