I did that. Then I fond out I'm terrible at business - because I don't want to sell anyone anything. I don't want to "network" to try to push products or servic

I did that. Then I fond out I'm terrible at business - because I don't want to sell anyone anything. I don't want to "network" to try to push products or services to people. Note that I'm pretty social, I have no problem at all with presenting (in fact I love it) and talking to people (quite the opposite). I just don't want to do it for the purpose of extracting payment and pushing products or services. I think your advice is good only for some very few people. You also forget that the vast majority of businesses fails. Would you give somebody investment advice in an investment product known to get you big losses? Because that's what this is, even aside from personal suitability. Not to mention this: What happened to specialization? one of THE keys of human success. But these days everybody is expected to savvy at business, finance, long-term planning (privately financed pensions), investment. I claim the world would be much better off if people were not being forced into things they are neither good at nor like doing. I think corporations or smaller options to work together in a group (firms, but also NGOs and other organizations) where a huge step forward. Now whenever somebody fears (and for good reasons) they might not find a place in an organization they are told that going it alone is the way to go. No it isn't. Those developments IMHO are a step backwards in human development. . The one thing I do like about seeing people try to start their own is because often they will become reasonable and good human beings. I've seen successful and smug high-level employees who think when people are not successful it's just their own fault for the most part. Then they try to start their own business, very confidently. When they were in an important place in the hierarchy of the corporation everybody wanted to talk to them! Evidently, they were important and popular human beings. Every single one of those guys came down to earth within the first three years of their business. I've had people that I already had almost given up on, talking to them became more and more painful, become very nice and reasonable people again. Going out on your own sure helps getting in touch with reality, so there's that. I know several people with the business finally going quite well now - but oh my god are they close to burnout. On the other hand, visiting them and talking to them now is fun again, they are back to seeing themselves as mere mortals.