Development is the execution of a map toward a goal while research is the pursuit of a goal without a map… In this sense, when it comes to research, speed should be considered an anti-signal and slowness a virtue.
If you can define the steps for a task, then the task is development. Conversely, the tasks that can’t be defined (because there isn’t a known solution) are research tasks.
Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life
A thick desire is one that changes you in the process of pursuing it. A thin desire is one that doesn’t… Thick desires are inconvenient. They take years to cultivate and can’t be satisfied on demand… The thick life doesn’t scale.
I think Cal Newport would call this Deep Work and Quality Leisure Time. I love the idea of doing things in ways that don’t scale.