Sarah Wants to Have a Career in Law and to That

Sarah wants to have a career in law and to that end her first goal is to score well enough on the LSAT so that she will be accepted into a prestigious law school. According to research on effective goal setting, in setting her goal, Sarah should do which of the following?

A) Focus on outcome goals, not on behavioural goals
B) Focus on the big picture and define her goal broadly
C) Set a specific and fairly narrow goal
D) Set a negative consequence for a goal not met