beige noise

Studies* show that a person can increase their likeability by placing themselves in exciting situations. Situations where emotional arousal is high lead to you feel more excited, and thus are more likely to respond to the things around you as being exciting as well.

Also, it is very hard to pinpoint the source of a good feeling, so even though our attitude toward a person can be affected by outside stimulus, we would feel confident that it really is the person we like.

This is a neat piece of information in itself, but we cant stage all out interactions at parties or concerts, or other venues where emotional arousal is high, so what could we do to make ourselves more interesting?

My offering is beige noise.

You probably already know that there are "brown" noises that produce psychological disturbances, and you probably already know there are dull, white noises that help you tune out the noise around you, and even similar noises that cannot even be perceived by the human ear on a conscious level. I realise all the noises I have described are totally different animals, but figuratively speaking; the idea is to find a sound that is not too hot, not to cold, but jusssst right.

My idea is to find a noise that is a midpoint in the spectrum somewhere, that would not be consciously heard, but would be perceived as somewhat exciting to the human ear, but not so exciting that you crap yourself or feel stressed. This noise could then be put on a recordable device and played on your person throughout the day, and regardless of where you are, or the content of your messages, everyone you come across would feel slightly excited around you without knowing why, and would thereby find you to be more exciting than you actually are.

Besides being able to make everything you say or do instantly more exciting; by playing the tape all the time you might begin to feel as if you actually are more exciting, or at least that you live a more exciting life than you did before, any your elevated mood would probably lead to you becoming someone who is genuinely more fun to be around.

*The experiment and effects of excitement on ones decision making process can be seen on page 8 of Kevin Hogan's book; the Science of Influence. I dont want to get into thw details here however, because it takes away from my own brilliance.

However, even if you are not swayed by the formentioned study, its generally accepted that emotions influence our attitudes toward things and people.