Hi Justin — what specifics are you looking for? I am happy to share but I think implied in the principle is that you should do whatever it takes to gain the skills. For me, this has meant cutting expenses and working extra hours in order to “work for free” as I describe it.

When I had a production company, I worked a full-time job and also ran another business. So everything I did was on top of two other “jobs”. But I had no other way to gain the skills, so I made it work.

As a lawyer, I still had obligations to my firm. So I fulfilled all of my billing obligations and then I put in extra time in order to gain skills by working pro bono or at a reduced rate.

I have always worked at least one other full-time job in addition to working for free. I have never had the luxury of just having time and money to just learn. If I did, I probably would not have to do it the way I described in the article.

Yes, law school is expensive. But it also takes a lot of time. I intentionally chose a school where the classes were once a week for three straight hours. I had a lot more flexibility with studying and having bigger blocks of time, which is exactly what I wanted. I could schedule all of my classes for 2–3 days in a week. So I had two or sometimes three full days to work. And when I was in law school, I worked 30+ hours per week doing audio editing, plus going to school full-time. That allowed me to “work for free” each term for parts of the week.

In short, you just have to figure out whatever it takes to gain the skills.