I'm a retail investor as well and most books are just theory but in practice things are much harder. It's really arrogant to say that investing is an easy task for anyone. I remember a friend who opened a car shop without doing any research or even considering the budget that he needed to open it. Long story short he ended up without money after two years of opening the place and declared bankruptcy. I want to open my own business at this point and I've started by analyzing all the requirements and reading about the budgets first of all https://www.juststartinvesting.com/best-budgeting-books/. I will invest my money only when I feel ready that I will not fail for sure.
