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by kethinov 4435 days ago
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.

1 comments

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