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When I think of false urgency, I think of the infamous shoulder-tap-management style. Illustrated best here: http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-...

Shoulder tapping someone to say "hey I just sent you an email about the thing" is the very definition of false urgency.

If you do that, stop.

They'll see the email eventually. It can wait an hour.

Totally agree. It's the difference between urgency and emergency which gets confused.

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