When a distribution is positively skewed it is very different from a typical bell curve result, a normal distribution, as it has a long right-hand tail. High scores are occurring at the extreme, so the distribution will have the mean score to the right of the peak.
The mean is usually greater than the median, which is always greater than the mode (most displayed score). If a group's income was shown in a distribution it would likely follow a standard distribution, but if there were two or three millionaires, their scores would skew the resulting distribution positively. In a risk calculation, a positive skew would indicate greater risks to be considered.