Skill of the Day - Collaboration

Twynphony’s contribution to IAGB (India Association of Greater Boston) magazine on Indian Independence Day. 

In today’s world, collaboration is one of the most important skills one can possess. Let's say you want to make a tower, and your friend does too. You have an equal amount of blocks, and you make decent towers. No collaboration there, right? Now, you pool your blocks, and you work together. Not only do you have more blocks to work with, but you have more hands to stabilize the tower. Just like charity, collaboration begins at home. As twins, we have each other to be with, help, and get help from. Most of you have heard of sibling rivalry, where siblings don't like each other’s strengths and try to push each other down instead of raising each other up. How about we consider instead a concept called sibling revelry? They may sound similar, but in truth, they are completely the opposite. Here, we play together, we share tips and tricks, build on each other’s strengths and fix each other’s weaknesses. We have also started a band called "Twynphony" whose goal is spreading positive messages. We are twins, and that is where the “twin” comes from. The “phony” does not mean we are fakes. This comes from symphony, when a group of people come together and sing in parts and the parts come together. We want to see the world collaborating and in harmony.This concept of collaboration extends beyond just family. It can be with friends, neighbors, and even that random guy across the block. Everyone needs help in some way or the other, and you can collaborate with them, so your separate strengths can be joined together, to make an unstoppable force. This very article that you are reading was made with collaboration. Even pack animals believe in strength in numbers. Lions work together to corner the prey, which could be much bigger than just one lion. Same with zebras. They travel together in a pack, so they confuse the predators.In conclusion, miracles happen when we join hands. Together we can move mountains, while each individual cannot. We can build cities, each person contributing a little bit of materials. Together we can solve world problems, like hunger, and each person will only have to contribute a few sandwiches. Collaboration is the way to go.