I just did a thread recently on why everyone does not need to start a business, you only need to learn a high income skill and monetize it. Some people shared my opinion while other says if you don't even dabble into business then how would you know you are good?, I honestly don't think you have to do this or do you?i
Actually not really for every situation,my mom retired as a civil servant of a federal government company,before her retirement she had retirement plans,which lead her to save for it and she was successful and she's not into any business upon retirement because she planned well.
I agree with you, not everyone has to start a business, we all can't have the same interests, I feel more people are into business because of the unstable economy and that's why they fail at it. Its all about generating several streams of income and that can be done by learning high income skills as you stated.