When you meet James Prince, you don't necessarily think "former criminal defense attorney." But that's exactly what he was for eight years before he became a wealth manager in Dubai.

Yet Prince doesn't see the time he spent in his former career as a waste. That's because he sees every detour—and failure—as something he would have paid money to learn.

While you're going to find out how to turn your entire attitude about failure around by listening to this episode, here's a fair warning: I talk about me at least half the time. That's because James and I were doing a simul-record—a term I just made up to describe when two people interview each other so they can each release the episode for their individual podcasts.

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