Twenty-One Days, Five Pivot Points
A pivot point is a place in your life or work where a change of direction would change everything that follows. Over twenty-one days you identify five of them and build each one deliberately, with a coach beside you.
Jon meets with you once as an intro, and then two times a week after that, to work through the pivot points. Each pivot point is built on one of the virtues, so that what changes is not only what you do but who you are becoming while you do it.
The twenty-one days pass quickly. The work is meant to outlast them.
The Hinges of a Good Life
Pivot Point is built on the seven virtues the Church has always taught: the four human virtues, which a person can grow in by practice and by grace, and the three theological virtues, which God gives and we receive. The Latin word for hinge is cardo, and the four human virtues are called cardinal because the rest of a good life turns on them.
The Four Human Virtues
Grown by practice and by grace
- Prudence — seeing a situation as it is and choosing the right course
- Justice — giving to God and to each person what is owed
- Fortitude — holding to the good under pressure and cost
- Temperance — ordering desire so that it serves the person
The Three Theological Virtues
Given by God, received in the soul
- Faith — trust in God and in what He has revealed
- Hope — confidence in His promise and His help
- Charity — the love of God, and of neighbor for His sake
The program reaches every part of a life: a marriage, a business, a leadership style, the way a decision is made on an ordinary Tuesday.
A Program with a History
I created the Pivot Point program in the Archdiocese of Denver in the early 2000s, when Archbishop Chaput was there, and he blessed it. Cardo was the name of the company I built around it.
I spent time in Legatus chapters, and at the Legatus National Meeting in Naples, Florida, teaching the program and coaching it. It was very successful in its day, and the Holy Spirit really engages in the program.
I have a strong background in the Bible and in theology, and everything I have built since rests on this program.
Executives, and Anyone Who Wants to Grow
The Program
What you receive
- A 21-day program of formation in the four human and three theological virtues
- Five pivot points, identified and built with your coach
- An intro session, then two coaching sessions every week
- One-to-one coaching from Jon Simmons
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Pivot Point is Catholic executive coaching and formation in the virtues, led by a layperson. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, or medical care, and it is not spiritual direction or a substitute for the sacraments or for the guidance of a priest or spiritual director. It is not legal, tax, or investment advice. Coaching helps you think, choose, and act; the decisions and their results remain yours.
Pivot Point is offered by Enoch Capital LLC. It is separate from, and unrelated to, the firm's research and due diligence services.