to form your own opinions and make your own decisions
формировать собственные мнения и принимать собственные решения (formirovat sobstvennye mneniya i prinimat sobstvennye resheniya)
"You should learn to think for yourself instead of copying others."
"Вам следует научиться думать самостоятельно, вместо того чтобы копировать других." (vam sleduet nauchitsya dumat samostoyatelno vmesto togo chtoby kopirovat drugikh)
Don’t depend on only one plan or resource.
a group that works efficiently and smoothly together
to risk everything to achieve success
a sudden clever idea or solution
to resolve small problems or differences
Things are usually worst just before they improve.