https://towardsdatascience.com/the-old-saying-two-heads-are-better-than-one-4c7d133e16a4

I frequently hear people say that they are able to perform their best when they work alone. Also, I understand that some ideas/methods that are advantageous for one person may not be for another. However, I am a firm believer of the phrase that “two heads are better than one.” The two videos below are excellent musical examples of two people working “harmoniously” with great success. The first is Mozart’s “Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D major, K.381/123a” and the second is the four-hands guitar piece “Tico Tico no Fubá” by Zequinha de Abreu:

Music is certainly not the only field where collaboration can be beneficial to a project’s success. Michael P. Farrell, professor of sociology at the University of Buffalo, produced a study of close creative groups in his book “Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work.” The study looked at the group dynamics in six collaborative circles such as social reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as well as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. He wrote, “Most of the fragile insights that laid the foundation of a new vision emerged not when the whole group was together, and not when members worked alone, but when they collaborated and responded to one another in pairs.”