I can admit that I held onto the "poor dad" mentality until after finishing this book.  

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck - a bit more of a modern take on some tried and true mental lessons

I'm a class C & D landlord and its a tough game mentally, emotionally and physically.

Not enough information, however, knowing what I know now, I would go back 25 years and pay off all my debt in a very "FIRE" mentality mode (even if I am not FIRE, but for the debt). 

We opted just to close, gave them a mental middle finger, and our mortgage broker felt so bad that he deducted $200 from his costs. 

I got caught up with the fact that, "Im in the business, I know what Im doing mentality,".

We never forget our first one, and you are right on with the mentality of thinking there about hitting a single to start.

(aka I need a weekend at the beach for my mental health)Unless your speculating, diverse investment in index funds (such as an S&P 500 tracker) is an easy relatively low risk thing for anybody to do - doesn't require much thought, can give you basic tax deductions, can get tax free growth etc.

I basically approach it from a "What would a judge state" mentality.

These books really opened my eyes w.r.t. personal finance and my mentality toward money.