The vital lesson Magic Johnson taught Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Stephen Dunn/Getty Images When Magic Johnson wanted to move from basketball to business, he picked up the phone and started cold-calling 20 people he wanted to meet. The famous NBA Lakers player did have an advantage: the names on his list were all Lakers courtside season ticket holders. Those are people who would pick up the phone if the NBA legend extended a lunch invitation. For Johnson, though, it was the first step in transforming himself from an NBA player suddenly retired in 1994 to a b...