The Story
In Ras Al Khaimah, an engineering director and a colleague called on a chairman during a crowded week. Coffee was poured, then poured again. When bukhoor was carried around the room, she thanked him and began to rise. Her colleague stayed seated to raise one final point. The chairman answered it graciously. The follow-up call, days later, came to her.

Cultural Principle
In many Gulf homes and offices, the incense marks the close of a visit. The host will rarely say so aloud, and a guest who reads the signal spares him from having to.

Takeaway
Learn how a meeting ends here, not only how it begins. Leaving well is part of arriving well, and hosts remember the guests who never made them ask.

Unhurried,
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