Lots of different things work for different folks. You just have to be willing to be honest with yourself and do whatever it is you need to do. You can pick just about any strategy at all, and people are successful with or without it - but I don't think that's random. The successful ones aren't the ones who do XYZ, they're the ones who find the right XYZ for them. They're not only willing to individualize, they're willing to accept what they need over what they want.