In Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," he argues that there are three stages we should move through to be most effective. Dependence, independence, and interdependence (working with others to achieve something you can't achieve alone). Are you interested in, at some point, moving towards that final stage?
oh hell yeah. i am glad it's the last step. i was afraid for a moment that this was going to be a piece of collabopropaganda. but i agree with that model