Why does Skin in the Game matter?

Talk is cheap when someone else pays for mistakes. Alignment improves when risk is shared.

What is a common mistake with Skin in the Game?

Thinking only cash counts - time and reputation are skin too.

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You share the downside of your advice or decisions - not only the upside.

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Skin in the game means the person deciding or advising also feels real consequences if things go badly - not only praise if things go well.

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Try “Like I'm 5™” for a picture-book version - not the grown-up wording above.

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