I define a workview as the set of values, connections, relations, and rules associated with my work and activity: why to work, how to work, and which work is necessary and why. Work is an activity with clear aims and creates some value; the main aim of work is to earn money. Money is essential, enabling a rich and comfortable life; other crucial elements connected with work are personal development, work relations, work quality, and fulfillment. I think that all of these elements should be defined in a workview.
In my opinion, a good and worthwhile job should benefit the working person and the world and lead to personal development and satisfaction. For example, one can be an entrepreneur and create value for themselves, society, and nature through innovative projects. Those people who love electronics can work in a cell phone repair service and repair people’s devices: they feel satisfaction from the lovely work, and people are happy that their mobile phones are working properly. Those are examples of good work: a person earns money, develops skills, and feels fulfillment; the world benefits from the entrepreneur’s projects and repaired devices, too. For me, it is crucial shaping the workview carefully and consciously: a good workview enables one to reach a high income and feel more satisfaction from work, making life better.
In a workview, the work relations with an individual, society, nature are defined too. Sometimes work can be destructive: a person can burn out at work. Some kinds of work are dangerous; for example, heavy industry often contaminates nature with its wastes. Some others lead to progress: for example, the development of solar panels. I think that all dangers and possibilities of different jobs should be formulated clearly in a workview. In that way, a good workview helps people to maintain a work/life balance and make their work processes less harmful.
A lifeview is the set of personal values, thoughts, and ideas associated with my life and influencing it. It explicitly or implicitly answers the questions of meaning and sense of life, who we are, and why we are here. It defines what good and evil are, states what is more and less critical. I think that a lifeview should be carefully shaped because it influences the whole being of the individual.
The meaning of life varies significantly from person to person: everyone defines their lifeview on their own. One can be sure that human life has no value, while another person defines it as valuable. Some people believe in a higher power, meaning that God watches for all people’s actions, other think nature itself is sacred, and the third part of society considers themselves atheists. One is a patriot; another defines herself or himself as a citizen of the world. All of them can substantiate their positions and use them for good or evil purposes. Lifeviews vary in different people, which emphasizes the uniqueness of each person, but I think that everyone has a responsibility for creating a good lifeview.
In a lifeview, a person’s attitudes are defined, too: with nature, society, governments, their self. Good and evil are essential for people; one defines them as terms that show whether some object or action is beneficial or maleficent. I think that it is crucial to define and substantiate those terms clearly in the lifeview. A good lifeview provides a stable and flexible system of values that leads to a better, healthier, and more virtuous life and respect for other people’s lifeviews, which may differ heavily.