Solid Advice from Luis von Ahn

Lifehacker has some interesting content from time to time, but my favorite is the How I Work series.

This week they interviewed Luis von Ahn, co-founder of Duolingo and (re)CAPTCHA. He’s a personal badass in the software enterepreneurship world and someone I look up to.

He had some really solid advice:

If you get asked to do something that would take place down the road (say you get asked to speak at a conference that’s a year away) and you wouldn’t want to do it if it were taking place next week, then don’t do it. This advice has helped me evaluate the opportunities that I truly want to dedicate my time to and those that I don’t.

I love that. It’s so simple.

I had the pleasure of seeing Luis speak once. One of his many talents is speaking about insanely complex concepts in a very easy to understand way. This is no different.

Click the image below to read the rest of the interview if you’re interested.