Battling Cancer While Still Serving Just Like you. Thank you🙏🏾

With so much uncertainty, I wanted to find a way to add value to you, non-profit leaders. I figured I'd create these Weekly Emails I call Monday Motivational Minute because Mondays are historically the roughest days, and a minute . . . well because you're very busy people. In these, I'll add creative, quick, actionable takeaways for you to try (All in a minute read). No pressure, no need to respond, read at your leisure or unsubscribe if it doesn't add value.(Challenge Accepted ☺️)

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Happy New Year & Last Monday of 2025! 

I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU. 

I'm 1,000% sure you don't hear it enough, and I'm sorry for that. I know you don't do what you do for recognition, but every human wants to be appreciated and SEEN, and what you do is the most selfless, unseen work imaginable. 

You sacrifice time with family. You donate your emotional health. You put your physical health last. I know a nonprofit leader actively fighting cancer while not telling her team, working endlessly because the mission can't wait. That may not be you, but I know you have your version of battles you're fighting while picking up the pieces of yourself, gluing them together with gum and prayers just to survive another day. 

This isn't to remind you how tough the job is, it's to truly tell you that you're SEEN and people are grateful for what you do. I'm so grateful for what you do. 

I could be serving well-paid lawyers, but I'm here trying to help you survive another day, at the risk of not knowing how my next bill gets paid. But this isn't about me...I'm okay. 

Please know your community members appreciate you too. They may not be able to tell you because they bump into you at their lowest moments, whether you're providing food, education, or shelter, but they thank you.

I thank you.... 

...But if I know you well enough, you're thinking: "Yeah Regis, that's sweet, but it's not about me. I need a prompt to set me right for 2026!"

Right on brand. 😉 

Here's a prompt I'm working on myself as I prepare for the new year and search for my theme of the year (yes, I do all my years in themes; this year was Unconditional Authenticity): 

Actionable Task: Create Your 2026 Theme, Title & Mission 

​I created a "Magic Box" prompt for you.
I spent 10 hours geek-ing out on high-level coaching theories so you don't have to. I leveraged 3 complex business models into this one block of text.
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Here is the deal: You don't need to understand the "Apex Theory" or "First Principles" mentioned inside this prompt. In fact, don't even read the prompt. It is written in "Robot Language" specifically to trigger the AI to act like your 2026 high-end executive coach.
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If you read it, it will look like homework. If you just use it, it feels like therapy.
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Your only job:
• ​Open ChatGPT.
• ​Copy the text below (without overthinking it).
• ​Paste it in.
• ​Watch it turn your chaotic 2025 thoughts into a clear battle plan for 2026.
​Copy this (Don't read it, just paste it!):

Prompt: 

"I want you to be my version of Wendy Rhodes to my Axe Capital (from the show Billions). As I grow my nonprofit organization: [NPO NAME, WEBSITE, and MISSION]. 

I want you to help me ONLY based on first-principle thinking and proven therapeutic/coaching frameworks. 

Help me come up with:
1. A title/theme for 2026
2. Executable tasks to achieve this theme
3. Ongoing support throughout the year to execute the goal 

I want to incorporate: 

The Arzu 6 to Success (my personal rules to Success):
1. Believe in yourself
2. Have a growth mindset
3. Work hard
4. Never give up
5. Always practice
6. Believe God wants it for you (Optional: remove if you prefer) 

The 4DX (4 Disciplines of Execution) with the goal of: [YOUR ORGANIZATION'S 2026 GOAL] 

The Apex Theory: There is one thing, a single point, that can impact all of what a person wants to do. You just have to figure out what that focal related or unrelated thing/point is to impact everything I want. 

Before you start, ask me any questions you need to execute this goal to the best of your ability." 

Have fun! This becomes an ongoing chatbot you'll appreciate throughout 2026. She'll have some sass, but you can tell her to calm down if needed. 😉

Remember: Not many people in this world get PAID to do GOOD. For many years, I worked in banking making rich people richer and felt insignificant on this planet. You are saving lives. Not many people can do what you do and survive the mental toll, that's why you're needed and so incredibly special. 

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 

I see you. 🙏🏾 

A toast to 2026! 🍸🍷🍻

P.S. Know another NPO leader holding it all together with grit and grace? If you find value in this, pay it forward. Forward this their way. We’re not meant to lead alone, and together, we go farther.

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Regis Arzu (he/him/his)
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ETS AI Consulting | CEO
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