Everyone who has seen the majority of the Star Wars series of films has heard Yoda rail against how bad having attachments in your life can really be. One would think that life lessons from two and a half foot puppet would fall on deaf ears, but in England "Jedi" came in just behind Muslim and Hindu in a survey of religions in Britain. So apparently somebody was listening to that little green freak. The painful part is admitting that he was right about attachments in regards to the game of poker.
Doing things by "the method" is often considered to be the best way to do something. After all, that's why these methods developed: they are the codified, hard wired, "best" way to do things, and people go by them because they prove to be effective and successful. Following the method for proper car maintenance will leave you with more unhampered and safe motoring.