We live in a world where it often seems like the people who exert the greatest control seem to be the ones with the greatest aversion to any personal exposure or liability.
Why should we take any person seriously if they can act without risk or consequence?
This could apply to those who make risky investments for which the taxpayers are expected to provide bailout money.
It brings to mind politicians who preen for the cameras and play up their status without ever taking responsibility for how their exercise of power has affected others.
Or the faceless critics who lack the courage to attach their names to their words.
People without skin in the game are people without honor.
They do not deserve our trust or our respect.
On the other hand, those who have skin and soul in the game are the men and women who leave a legacy.
This legacy is not so much about what they have accomplished as it is about the kind of people they have become.
Brett and Kate McKay advise:
“Lending trust and support only to those with skin in the game would not only help strengthen society as a whole, but also help us make better decisions in our individual lives.”
The world doesn’t need more shameless people who seek to transfer all risk to others.
It needs more decent people who choose to have skin in the game.
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