Aligned Interests & Skin in The Game

As the year begins, I recommend you start with yourself.

Think deeply about what is of importance to you.

One of my favorite life principles comes from Charlie Munger, where he talks about right incentives = superpowers. When you partner and build something in which there is a true alignment of interests, things happen with better flow, cadence, and velocity.

I’m committed to only investing and raising capital from people that are aligned with us, our principles, and our views of the world. More than anything, it puts everyone involved at the same level.

As I read Nassim Taleb's Skin in the Game, I ponder about how this politically correct world we live in. We repress our human nature and, over time, because of the egotistical nature of social media, information overload and our public personas end up becoming weaker people, incapable of having disagreements. The current state of politics is a great example. There are immature idiots everywhere.

To build something valuable, enduring, and long-lasting, one must have skin in the game and aligned interests. That means making choices, having an opinion, and saying a lot of nos. You want to say yes when it's certain that the right elements are in place. You ought to be a warrior that builds more value than what you can capture.

I haven’t finished reading Skin in the Game, but I’m loving it. It provides a lot of elements that I found essential for my relationships.

With the Tokenization of the world, crypto, and decentralized networks, hopefully, we will be able to build a world with absolute decentralization at every level of life — while that doesn’t happen (but we put capital and effort behind it), let's endure pain with a smile, put our ass on the line and build something that people want.