Lesson #3: Don’t Guess. Ask. Last week, I told you how I landed a 15-minute meeting with James Patterson after rewriting my pitch and making a real case for collaboration. That meeting was scheduled for a Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. But that’s not how it happened. The week before the call, my phone rang. I looked down. It said: James Patterson. My heart jumped. I thought, Oh no, I got the day wrong. I picked up the phone and said, “Hi, this is Patrick.” He didn’t miss a beat. “I know we’re...