Corporate culture essay draft

Many times we ask ourselves "what makes my life meaningful?" and "what actually is a meaningful life?" or "why am I here?what keeps me living?" After asking myself these questions i realised that everyone has their own meaning and understanding of what a good and meaningful life is, it is different for us all. Mostly depending on the things we believ, or were taught to believe. In order to know what makes my life meaningful i ask myself, "what do i care about?" "what is very important to me?" The answer to these questions make my, and possibly anyone elses life meaningful.

Things such as friends and family are very meaningful. They help us, watch us during good and bad times, and they are there for us nomatter what. Good times or bad, they won't leave.These people are around us constantly, which makes it easier for them to mean something to us, we see them so much we grow to know them and see the great things in them. We relate to them. A meaningful life doesnt mean you have to have materialistic things, that is the least important thing in our lives. It is only a way to show people we are there, and we demand the "spotlight". A meaningfull ife should contain things that make you happy , not things that people, t.v or movies make you belive will make you happy,such as corporate culture.. The things around us affect our views of a meaningful and happy life in a very big way.

When other people were asked about what makes their lives meaningful many said the same things. Family and friends ruled their lives. When asked, a young lady replied:"My family and friends are what make me, if they don't like what I'm doing it will hurt me badly, making me feel like their not gonna be there for me....that would make my life meaningless."
This shows us how people cherish those around them. For some, family and friends are a necessity, like food and water, they need them. Another agreed andsaid: " My friends and family will always be there for me and will always want the best foe me, what else can make me happy ?" It seems as though many believe that if there's families and friends are there folr them , then they must be important. Being important to atleast someone makes peoples lives meaningful.

Another thing that many of the older people have said make their lives meaningful is being wise. Being wise as in having experienced many things and learning from them. My mother said " I consider myself wise when it comes to certain things,these things help me not make the same decision over." Failing makes their lives meaningless, but learning from these mistakes makes their lives meaningful. This is beacuse they know they are goin in the right path to sucess.

Pop culture affects what we think is a good and meaningful life. Corporate culture is the dominant culture out of the three types. It is anything that makes money with selling things that affect the media, as well as someone who makes money by puring things into oru minds. As stehanie said " We pay them to wear their logos."

The major messages we get from corporate cultures have to do with more outer than internal things. Money, power, popularity, looks,and fame are only a couple of things that are put out to make our lives "meaningful." Corporate culture tells us that good looks is one of the main things that makes us or break us. In movies such as "Hottie or Nottie" we see this message being put out. The "nottie" doesn't have a social life, a boyfriend or anything that " makes her life meaningful" all beacuse she is considered unattractive. Once she goes through a makeover and becomes "hot" she gets all the attention she wanted ,finds a guy and falls in love. Making her life, based on corporate culture, meaningful.
Money is also a idea thought to make one's life meaningful. In many shows,such as "Gossip Girl" the upper class group re the ones who have everything they need 2 become fully happy. They have enought money to buy anything they want and desire.