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Tue 10 Oct 2008Career on a slippery slope
NEW LIFE:Kathryn Mason leaves the music industry on a high note and finds true happiness on the piste, writes Michael Kelly
For many 'new-lifers', there's a seminal moment when they have to choose between happiness and high earnings. Kathryn Mason, a former head of marketing in the music business who now works full-time as a ski instructor, has an interesting thing to say about that choice: "I am earning about a quarter of what I used to earn," she says, "but I am 10 times happier."
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