The most popular way to differentiate between people's view on life is to differentiate their work motive into two different beliefs: work to live or live to work.
Lots of people get sucked into the Lutheran belief that if you work hard you'll do the right thing, reach success and end up in heaven. In a corporate enviroment working hard is suicide, it's all about working smart and realize that Machiavelli was right. But if you believe in heaven - go for it.
Work to live sounds much more hedonistic and secular. It's actually the way that most people have survived throughout the history of the world. You work to survive, put food on the table and clothes on the bodies. What else is there? Right, the social ladder.
I see it this way: If I was the big kahuna, I would want my people to work hard, believe in loyalty and consume as much of my products as possible. I would encourage anything that would make my kingdom richer and more powerful. If that was to believe in God or in McDonald's - wouldn't matter.
Enters the third perspective. Mine. I work to enrich my live through the eyes of the world. I would avoid all social traps and beliefs of things that you have to have to be 'happy', live a fulfilled life and be successful.
I'm not that smart but I still can see that the middle class was the best thing that has ever happened to the rich and the powerful in the world. I mean, do you really want Paris Hilton to be the next president?
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