3 Brains worth picking- the links below are to great talks with Gladwell, Rath and Goldman/Nalebuff- From Daniel Pink

3 BRAINS WORTH PICKING: Gladwell, Rath, and the Honest Tea Guys Office Hours -- our insanely popular interview program -- is back.  In the next two months, we'll be talking to three great guests: Sept. 3: Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff, founders of Honest Tea and authors of MISSION IN A BOTTLE. Oct. 1: Malcolm Gladwell, who's out with a new book, DAVID AND GOLIATH. Oct. 10: Tom Rath, author of STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 and other blockbusters as well as the soon-to-be-released, EAT MOVE SLEEP. As I mentioned in the previous newsletter, we're no longer broadcasting OFFICE HOURS live. Instead, we'll be recording it in a studio and releasing the program on the dates above.   But, as before, you'll still have the chance to ask guests your question. Just visit this link. Tell us your name, where you're from, your question, and whom your question is for -- and I'll use the best ones the air.  It's your chance to pick the brains of some seriously accomplished dudes.  For more information and previous episodes, check out the Office Hours page. 10 ARTICLES WORTH READING From my Instapaper account to your email inbox, here are 10 pieces that I found especially intriguing:  1. Old schooled: You Never Stop Learning Like a Child New Scientist examines research showing that adults can learn languages, sports, and much else far more capably than experts originally believed.  2. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Great HBS Working Knowledge analysis explaining why the dreaded fundamental attribution error skews how we hire employees and accept university applicants.  3. Deep Inside Taco Bell's Doritos Loco Taco Fast Company offers the spicy back-story of an astonishingly successful product launch. Amazing factoid: To handle the increased demand the Doritos-flavored shell, Taco Bell had to hire 15,000 new employees. 4. Do Things that Don't Scale Excellent, counterintuitive startup advice from Y Combinator's Paul Graham. "You can't wait for users to come to you. You have to go out and get them." 5. Why Men Need Women In the NY Times, Adam Grant highlights several studies showing that "the mere presence of female family members -- even infants -- can be enough" to improve many dimensions of men's behavior. 6.  How Do Good Ideas Spread? The importance of "sandals on the ground" and other mundane measures in this smart Atul Gawande piece in The New Yorker. 7. Sense of Purpose Strengthens Immune System Pacific Standard looks at new research from Barbara Frederickson suggesting that optimal physical health might depend on a sense of meaning and purpose.  8. Why Startups Are Sporting Increasingly Quirky Names Kaggle. Shodogg. Mibblio.  Those aren't typos. They're companies. The Wall Street Journal explains what's going on.  9. When 772 Pitches Isn't Enough An amazing piece of sportswriting from ESPN Magazine's Chris Jones that uses a tireless young Japanese baseball pitcher to explore the essence of performance, commitment, and life.  10. The Psychology of Summer: Why The Season Makes Us Lazy You'll probably be too sluggish to read this one.  3 THINGS WORTH WATCHING This summer, for the first time in awhile, I've actually had time to catch up on some of the movies and television programs I've missed in the last couple of years. I'll spare the ones that I quickly abandoned and instead point you to 3 that I can recommend without hesitation. 1. Searching for Sugar Man A 2012 documentary about a forgotten American musician who turns out to be not so forgotten after all. One of the best films I've seen in years. (DVD, Netflix) 2.  56 Up In 1964, filmmaker Michael Apted filmed interviews with a group of British 7-year-olds. He's followed up every 7 years since. Now his subjects are 56. (DVD, Netflix) 3. The Americans An FX television series that Mrs. DanPink.com and I have been binge-watching. Set in the Reagan years, The Americans tells the story of Elizabeth and Philip, an ordinary American couple who happen to be KGB agents. Warning: This one's not entirely family friendly. It features healthy doses of violence, sex, and 80's fashion. (iTunes) As always, thanks for reading our humble newsletter.  Until next time . . .  Cheers, Daniel Pink P.S. Our new-and-improved Drive Workshops are going strong all over the world -- from the US, the UK, and Australia to Malaysia, Slovakia, Denmark, and New Zealand and soon to China, the Philippines, and South Africa.  The next U.S. session will be Sept. 24-25 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. If you're an in-house trainer, or are interested in bringing these sessions to your organization, just visit the Drive Workshop site or email Andrew Greatrex. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development is also running a series of UK workshops throughout the fall. More info on those here.   Web: http://www.danpink.com Twitter: @danielpink