This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
(Josh. 1:8)

I told my staff one year to write down their 5 year dreams and, if they were comfortable, share them with me. I wanted to pray over their lists and be in agreement with them. Every one of them did this, and I had the awesome opportunity to read their inspiring dreams.

Six months later, at another staff meeting, I brought up their dream lists. I wanted to see how far along they were in what they wanted to accomplish. I started out by saying, “One of you said you wanted to write four books in the next five years. I’m guessing you are probably about finished with your first book and seeking a publisher or looking into ways to self-publish.” I couldn’t help but notice the expression on that person’s face. Her eyes got really big, and she looked shocked.

I continued, “One of you said you wanted to save $100,000 over the next five years. That means that for the past six months you’ve probably been saving $1,666.67 every month. Right?” I quickly scanned the room. The person who wrote that down looked at me, his eyes as big as saucers. I am sure he was thinking, You’ve got to be kidding me.

I wasn’t trying to call these people out or embarrass them. I wanted to make clear that simply writing down a dream doesn’t mean it will happen. You have to keep your dreams in front of you constantly and ask God for guidance to show you how to make these dreams come to pass. You don’t want to be shocked months or even years later when you stumble across your dream book and realize, Oh my goodness! I haven’t done one thing to make these dreams come true.

After I told my staff to write out their five-year plans, I scheduled a meeting with them for a year later. A few days before that meeting, I told them to be ready to update me on their progress. I also asked them to email me their original list so I could view it before we convened.

I love my staff. I think they’re the best in the world, and I appreciate every one of these fantastic people. But I knew what was going to happen. Several of them approached me before the staff meeting, and others emailed me with the same request: “Terri, um, do you still have your copy of my five-year dreams? I can’t seem to find mine.” Turns out I was right.

Their question spoke volumes. If they didn’t even have a copy of their five-year dream goals, I mused, obviously they haven’t been keeping their dreams in front of them, which means they’re probably not pursuing them. I even had one person stop me in the hallway and say, “Terri, I can’t find my list. I’m not even sure what they are, and I don’t really even remember what I wrote.” He must not have been serious about those dreams.

Some staff members made incredible progress, others had dream-desires come to pass. Who saw their dreams come to pass? The ones who wrote their vision and kept it before their eyes.

You are never going to achieve the things you are meant to do if you put your written vision in a drawer and never look at it again, or lose it altogether. It’s not until you are determined to keep what you wrote down in front of you that you are going to start building the map to your dreams.

Terri Savelle Foy

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For years, Terri Savelle Foy’s life was average. She had no dreams to pursue. Each passing day was just a repeat of the day before. Finally, with a marriage in trouble and her life falling apart, Terri made a change. She began to pursue God like never before, develop a new routine and discovered the power of having a dream and purpose.

As Terri started to recognize her own dreams and goals, she simply wrote them down and reviewed them consistently. This written vision became a road map to drive her life. As a result, those dreams are now a reality.

Terri has become the CEO of an international Christian ministry. She is an author, a conference speaker, and a success coach to hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Her best-selling books Make Your Dreams Bigger than Your Memories and Imagine Big have helped people discover how to overcome the hurts of the past and see the possibilities of a limitless future. Her weekly podcast is a lifeline of hope and inspiration to people around the world.

Terri Savelle Foy is a cheerleader of dreams and is convinced that “if you can dream it, God can do it.” She is known across the globe as a world-class motivator of hope and success through her transparent and humorous teaching style. Terri’s unique ability to communicate success strategies in a simple and practical way has awakened the dreams of the young and old alike.

Terri shares from personal experience the biblical concepts of using the gift of the imagination to reach full potential in Jesus Christ. From stay-at-home moms to business executives, Terri consistently inspires others to go after their dreams. With step-by-step instruction and the inspiration to follow through, people are fueled with the passion to complete their life assignment down to the last detail (see John 17:4).

Terri and her husband, Rodney Foy, have been married since 1991, and are the parents of a beautiful redheaded daughter, Kassidi Cherie. They live near Dallas, Texas.