Timeline: Kelly Goto
1982
Freelance Photographer, Seattle
- High School
- Wanted to expand into photography
- Learned photography and used the darkroom
- Went to Northwestern University in Television and Film
- Stock investment and scholarships paid for college
2001
gotomedia, inc.
- Started an incorporated company — the “real deal”
- Bought a loft at “The Box Factory”
- Growing and working steadily
- Learned how to have a life and do what you love to do
- Mission Statement: “Exceed expectations and take vacations”
“What I have learned:
- Set clear goals, but don’t be afraid to change mid-stride
- Allow yourself to explore — the world, your environment and yourself
- Make affirmations and repeat on a daily basis in “I AM” language
- Recognize what you do well and what you love to do and merge into a career
- Ask questions and be proactive — contact people, get advise and follow your intuition
- Think about where you want to be in 5 years and visualize it
- Allow yourself to dream outside of your ‘safe’ known world and explore a little.
- Travel. Read. Learn.
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes
- Remember, it is through the hard times we make that we learn and grow.”
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