your balance

The Agapic
Analysis

Agapic Consulting

When we put ourselves into what we do — our talents, our money, our finite time on this planet — what we are doing is putting our love on it.

5Minutes
8Questions
1Chart
The Premise

What we don't tend
to think about is the kind.

When you put yourself into what you do — your talent, your money, your finite time on this planet — what you are doing is putting your love on it. That is not a metaphor. It is the most accurate description of what work actually is.

But love is not one thing. The ancient Greeks understood this so clearly they gave each kind its own name. The love that drives a founder forward is not the same as the love that holds a team together. The love that built the business is not the same as the love it needs now.

What we rarely ask is: what kind of love is running this business — and is it balanced?

Healthy love is balanced. Love of self in harmony with love of others. Love of progress balanced with love of wellbeing. Love of the work alongside love of the people doing it. When these are in balance, something extraordinary becomes possible. When they are not, the imbalance shows — in burnout, in fragility, in success that quietly costs more than it should.

The Eight Loves

Eight loves.
Eight shadows.

GreekNameThe giftThe shadow
01AgapeUnconditionalSelfless service, ethical grounding, care without expectationMartyrdom, no boundaries, self-erasure
02ErosPassionateVision, creative fire, the courage to build something newObsession, instability, tunnel vision
03PhiliaDeep FriendshipLoyalty, collaboration, genuine belongingGroupthink, insularity, echo chambers
04StorgeFamilialProtection, long-term commitment, care for the familiarNepotism, resistance to change, vulnerability to loss
05LudusPlayfulLightness, experimentation, joy in the work itselfLack of seriousness, commitment aversion, drift
06PragmaEnduringPatience, wisdom, the discipline to compound over timeComplacency, stagnation, fear of disruption
07PhilautiaSelf-loveConfidence, healthy boundaries, capacity to sustainNarcissism, isolation, inability to receive
08ManiaObsessiveUrgency, drive, the intensity that moves mountainsBurnout, harm to others, loss of all perspective
What you'll see

One chart.
Eight truths.
Five minutes.

Eight questions. One each. They are not about what you aspire to — they are about what is actually happening in how decisions get made, how people are treated, and what the business protects above everything else.

As you answer, a compass builds in real time. Dense and warm where a love is present and balanced. Bright where a love is dominant to the point of casting shadow. Empty — an actual gap — where a love has been forgotten or suppressed.

Early warning signals of burnout — before the numbers show it
Unseen opportunities — where an absent love would unlock something
Hidden risks — where your success could be leading to disaster

There are no right answers. There is only what is true.

Before we begin

How would you describe your relationship to this business?

Your Balance

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This is the beginning, not the end.

The Agapic Analysis surfaces what's present and what's missing. A full diagnostic conversation goes deeper — into the specific interventions that would bring your balance closer to health, and what that would mean for the business you're building.