Agreed, these strategies might help people who already possess a certain level of conscientiousness and these are merely the strategies they use to maximize the

Agreed, these strategies might help people who already possess a certain level of conscientiousness and these are merely the strategies they use to maximize their results. At an even deeper level, it ignores the deep motivations that drive people. Especially for people who are low in conscientiousness like myself, they need a deep existential reason for pursuing their goals. Merely setting up a goal I think I want and then working toward it isn't sufficient to drive me. It has to be tied to a sense of meaningfulness toward my life (e.g. I'm not depressed or nihilistic), actively policing my negative self-talk, questioning my sense of paranoia or bad intentions in others, feelings of gratitude, etc. I find if these drivers of my behavior/psychology are fixed, the other stuff just "snaps" into place.