Thread: Memory: the Forgotten Fundamental

^^ That. I couldn't have said it better myself (and am always glad when I don't need to!).

Also:

Originally Posted by Travis E.

... I wonder if at least many of the really successful LDers are the ones who then took steps beyond the literal tutorials to map out their own personally-tailored variations of the practice.

No need to wonder about that; be confident that it is the case.

Most of the advanced LD'ers that I've come across (myself included) invariably have their own techniques (or none at all), though they all seem to deeply know and respect the targets and processes of all the major techniques (i.e., MILD, WBTB). Their personal LD'ing techniques vary widely, but what they all seem to share is an active, clear sense of the fundamentals... including some additional fundamentals of their own (like focus).

There is indeed a point where the techniques as dictated in the books and tutorials become obsolete or inadequate by themselves, and advanced LD'ers realize that they (the techniques) might not matter as much as they first thought they did; all that really matters in the end is their mindset, and that mindset is invariably resting on a thick foundation of the fundamentals.