Leif Dahleen: Finding Financial Independence

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Physician on FIRE blogger discusses the financial and lifestyle choices that go into retiring early, passive sources of income, and why and how he and his family give back.

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0:26.5	Please stay tuned for important disclosure information at the conclusion of this episode.
0:32.8	Hi, and welcome to the Longview.
0:34.9	I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance for Morningstar.
0:38.4	And I'm Jeff Battack, Chief Ratings Officer for Morningstar Research Services.
0:42.4	Our guest on the podcast today is Leif Dahlene, who heads up the popular Physician on Fire blog.
0:49.0	Leif retired from his career as an anesthesiologist at age 43.
0:53.4	Since that time, he has been blogging about his
0:55.7	own financial independence retire early journey, sharing early retirement and investing guidance
1:01.4	with other professionals who might also wish to retire early. He attended the University of
1:06.7	Minnesota for his undergraduate and medical school education, completed an internship at Gunderson
1:12.3	Lutheran in LaCross, Wisconsin, and finished his residency at the University of Florida.
1:18.2	Leif, welcome to the Longview.
1:20.1	Well, thank you, Christine. I'm very happy to be joining you today.
1:23.6	We're happy to have you here. Now, you trained as an anesthesiologist, which is a grueling and expensive course of study.
1:31.7	What were the pivotal events that prompted you to consider early retirement after practicing anesthesiology for a relatively short period of time?
1:41.6	Yeah, you're right.
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