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July 9, 2024 2 mins
Is there a midwestern nice? Dangerous Dave talks about a study that says "yes" it is probably true with MN being the nicest state. Plus, is your boss a jerk? We will give them a pass if they are good at their jobs.
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This, he's deeper in the dinwith dangerous day. So do you have
a demanding boss? A study foundone thing about them that will affect you,
whether or not you think that's acceptable. See A team in Ohio State
found out we give our boss apass on being a jerk if they're good
at their own job. They useSteve Jobs as an example. He was
very demanding but accomplished a lot.If your boss expects a lot and performs

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at a high level, you're morelikely to see him as tough and ultimately
make you better at your job.But if they're demanding and don't do great
work, then you're more likely tothink you're just a jerk and just mean
for no reason. Authors of astudy caution though, even Steve Jobs types
don't always have an overall positive effect. Sometimes we think our boss riding on
us will make us better at ourjob and might lead to more money and

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promotions, But then turns out whenthey were jerks just because they were bad
at their own job. Hmmm,Okay, then deeper in the two.
The Midwest has a reputation for beinga little more polite than the rest of
the country, But is it truesomebody pulled two thousand mid Westerners to find
out they didn't pull other people inother areas of the country, So there's
no apples to apples comparison. Buthere's some of the good manner things that

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Midwesterners do. We apologize when nothing'swrong. Seventy four percent of New Westerners
say they do it regularly. Wavethe people you don't know at sixty four
percent, hold doors for strangers fiftyfive percent, shared a dish at a
party seventy three percent. Smile tostrangers at eighty percent, tip well at
fifty nine percent, help the neighborout with chores at forty five percent,

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give a stranger directions at eighty percent. Obey the speed limit only forty percent
said they usually do. In justthirty seven percent yield to other cars in
traffic, So Midwesterners aren't as politebehind the wheel. The team behind the
survey crunched all those numbers and afew more, and they scored how each
city is polite, and they decidedthe nicest state is Minnesota. Nicest city

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is Saint Paul, Top five OverlandPark, Kansas, nighpor Illinois, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Des Moines. Meanwhile,the rudest cities in the Midwest are
Evansville, Indiana, and Fort Wayne, Rockville, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio,
and Detroit, Michigan. I guessit didn't rate any of the cities
in North Dakota. There is aNorth Dakota and ice, and a Minnesota
and ice. And I know fromMinnesota, the further north you get,

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the nicer we are. Tune itagain for another episode of Deeper in the
Den with Dangerous daved right here.
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