I do not have a strategy as I let the others around me help dictate what my character is going to do next. I take in his/her alignment and then make a decision based on the actions of others and what is going on around them. Sometimes it may seem reckless but it is always a calculated risk.
Yeah, I guess I do but it is rather simple. I decide on my character's persona and then I try my best to role play that persona. As to what KN said, how the other PCs and NPCs then interact with that persona inputs into what my characters do.