There comes a point in a dentist’s career (and anyone’s career, for that matter) when we begin thinking, “What’s next?” This is a devastating question if you find yourself following the prescribed course of life that you have seen others follow before you, and you’re actually successful at following the course. You realize, at some point, there’s a certain emptiness in pursuing the next thing. At what point have you arrived? Where’s Valhalla? My vision for the Dentist on Fire is for that person to become the best version of themself. Not because you’ll make more money, indeed you will make more money since the goal is true financial independence - the FI of FIRE. And not because you’ll retire early (the RE of FIRE), but because you realize that if you have the option to retire early, you won’t be sad if your body gives out one day and you can’t do your best work on your patients. Most of us see dentistry as a calling rather than a job, and doctoring our fellow human beings is a sac...