Does anyone have any tips on how to be a successful Texas Holdem player?

I have read some books, Harrington on Holdem, David Sklanskys and Mason Malmuths book on limit poker and I have built a pretty solid foundation. What I would like to know is the Tight Agressiive style the best option. I see all of these aggressive players play so wild at times and they make a profit from it. How do I get past the fear of jumping into that style, and would it be profitable in the long run.
I appreciate the practice practice practice response. However Tight Aggressive is a style, its playing very few hands but what hands you do play, you play very agressively. You do need to mix it up a bit because if someone labels you as a rock then the hands you do get involved in people wont play with you because your always playing the nuts. But when you do get a player its a huge payoff. If you play to many hands however people will believe your hand is strong less often. I suppose it is a balance of both, discipline and patience, thank you for your responses.

Generally speaking, tight, aggressive play in limit hold'em is rewarded with consistent gains over the long-term.

When you see the maniacs who are raising and 3-betting with marginal or very weak holdings and making a killing, you should keep in mind that you are often seeing short-term results. In the short-term, any idiot can get lucky and the world's most seasoned player can run bad.

However, this isn't to say that a maniac style cannot be profitable. The swings will be greater, and it demands much more knowledge of your opponents: Who will fold second-best hands and who will go to the showdown with a pair of deuces in the hole? Since you're losing a lot of small bets by raising with more hands, you need to make up for the losses by stealing pots from weak players and raking in huge pots when you do flop the stone-cold nuts.

Feel free to try the maniac style with a single buy-in at a single table and try to analyze your results afterwards.

I prefer to play tight-aggressive, but raise every 2-3 orbits in early position with hands that have potential but aren't normally worth calling 2SB. When you do showdown and win, you'll keep your opponents off-balance.

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