The Story
In Muscat, two consultants restarted with the same client after the summer. One sent a proposal. The other sent a short market note with no request attached. Six weeks later, both were in the room. Only one had been asked for his opinion first.

Cultural Principle
In many Gulf settings, the opening move of a season is read as a statement of intent. What you lead with tells people whether you arrived to give or to collect.

Takeaway
The first exchange after a pause is expensive to spend on yourself. Give it away, and the rest of the year has somewhere to sit.

With steadiness,
Taqua