So we of course want to thank all of our presenting sponsors, you can see their logos on the screen, we are so extremely grateful to have each and every one of you in our corner but also in every single corner of the nonprofit sector. So thank you so much for everything that you do to lift up millions, billions of missions and causes around our globe. And Julia, you're right there lifting them up to as Julia is the CEO of the American nonprofit Academy. I'm so glad to join you each and every morning. I'm Jarrett ransom, the nonprofit nerd CEO of the Raven group and those glasses as you just saw in my logo. Thank you just on Jeffrey's face so thank you for that Jeffrey we are going to nerd out with you you're one of my favorite nerd peers, innovative disruptor, like just totally my kin, I love it. Alex joins us he is the president and chief advancement officer with third sector company and you are joining joining us today as a thought leader to talk to us specifically about a topic. Board governance but first let me welcome you Jeffrey and thanking you so much for joining us today. Well thank you I can't think of a better place to be and people I love talking nonprofit stuff with so thanks for hanging out with me this morning. Absolutely. You know, we get this question a lot. And it starts like this, a board chair, maybe a CEO, maybe an a board chair coming up, says, Oh my God, we need help on board governance. And a lot of times I'll say, Okay. And they'll be like, we don't really know. So that's why we need help because we don't really know. I'm fascinated by this. And it's almost like peer pressure, Jeffrey the sense of like board governance board governance but what is it so let's back up and start there. Well, joy, you've hit on a million dollar question we could play the family feud on this one with, you know, as the studio audience and how they define governance we've got a game show. I spent, you know, 20 years of my career with United Ways and great cities in this country, including Phoenix, Arizona. And as a funder of not for profits I did have a rather unique view of relationships with boards and the role that boards play in just a variety of organizations. And I'm so right. We also don't have a lot of help right now, because even if you put up various dictionaries and you pick up the word governance. There are so many different answers for this. And so I like to take a very uncomplicated role about this governance really is an organization exercising stewardship with the community it serves. It is exercising stewardship and that word has to do with that means that we have an accountability to the community that we serve in making sure that our organization is creating impact that we all want to see. It is, it is different than a corporate board, because you're overseeing here a cause versus overseeing a corporation. It's all causes before we were corporations. And so it took a board of it took a first board to become so great at being a cause. Guess what they'd incorporate. Pretty interesting but but but the answer to the question is, it really is about stewardship and action, based in having a check and balance about doing diligence, and it's about being accountable to a community. When you say cause I just want you to know and I and I want to like just own up to this. Well one I could listen to you talk and just nerd out all all year long 24 seven right because it just it just speaks to me like I said we are Ken we're just you know related. I am currently in your board chair Academy and that is something that I decided to take after going through your interim executive Academy. I said I want to know more about how these two pivotal, you know pieces play a role in one another. In your board chairs Academy Jeffrey that I learned, I really heard it expressed this way that you just said of, you know, we are governing a cause, and I have since then, changed my vernacular right it's like oh we're governing the nonprofit we're governing the organization we're governing it's like we're governing a cause and that to me just turned me on my head spun me, you know, upside down and I was like, of course that's what we're doing that makes so much more sense. And I just want, I want to witness to you and for all of those, you know watching and listening. That was a big aha moment for me. You know, for me just having a conversation with the board about what is intrinsically different between a group of people who see themselves as governing, however they define that word governing an institution versus governing a community movement a community cause. Yeah. So, you know, this makes me ask you this question about board governance systems because it seems to me that we have a lot of different things coming at us now we have advisory boards we have the board of directors we have young, you know professional boards we have team boards we have all these different things. And it seems as though we're understanding that the, that the successful organizations have successful boards no matter the cause. And I'll be frank with you sometimes I look at, you know, across this landscape, million point eight nonprofits, and it's easy to become a snob you can say wow. It's really a worthy cause but yet they get it right they make more money than anybody else. And so I'm kind of curious, you know how we look at some of these systems. And if you're seeing that. Well of course I'm seeing it, but I think the difference between you used I think the word you know really successful boards are excellent boards. I think where we as a nonprofit sector have kind of tripped on our own feet. Julia is, are we preoccupied with the process of governance, or should we be pre occupied on the outcome of governance. I mean, and you pick up a lot of books, and you pick up a lot of magazine articles and professional journals that will tell you the how tos of governance as though it's like making a meatloaf.  But, but we get preoccupied and how we do it and the funny part about it is, to your point, even organizations that that you may even kind of like question, they're real clear on their outcomes. But the process is merely the details. And so are you an organization that is preoccupied with the weeds, or the trees, or are you an organization who's preoccupied by the forest. And on the subject of governance, you can pick up a lot of books that just talk about all the trees. And for me when I teach is whether you have one staff or no staff or you have 500 staff. You have a board of eight or you have a board of 800. When you concentrate on a group of people who are trying to achieve an outcome together, they will develop the system that's appropriate for their culture for their community and their people to get that outcome achieved. And it's not for me to write a book and Tom how to do it. It is for me to tell them what the end of the journey should be, and I'll give you a perfect example of that.  One of those outcomes has to be that you are evolving with your community and you're making impact. That is an outcome. Okay, how you choose to evolve your organization, the voices that you hear the inclusiveness that is involved in that evolution process is yours. But however you do it an outcome of governance is you evolve your organization with the community that you serve. That is big, especially. It's making me think about and I use pandemics plural because as Julie was saying earlier with you Jeffrey, you know, 2020 was a year of so much unrest right the, the global virus, the social injustice, the global divide, the economic crash there's a lot going on there. So the evolution of how we serve our community was. That was big what you just said and I just want to you know make note of that because that really should take a take a huge place in, excuse me how you govern your cause is how it also evolves with the community needs. Absolutely. And what we've learned over the past year is the out again the outcome I think remains the same both pre pre pandemic and post. We have to evolve our organizations with our communities and our communities have gone through incredible change. You know, Julia put up on the screen the whole thing about governance systems, a governance system is nothing more than the voices and people who work together to create the outcome that your cause deserves. It is not a series of bodies that appear on a sheet of paper. These are voices, and are the voices such that we are providing due diligence in having the kind of impact that our cause should have on the community. So systems will change. I'll give you one another example and outcome of governance is is that you're preparing the next generation to take over from you. You have you have an obligation to make sure that the community has next generation of people to follow in your footsteps, they're not going to magically appear. That's an outcome of governance. So, you know when I think I've got when I hear from folks that are talking about governance, and they talk about governance issues, it seems it seems to me. A lot of this is like, well, you know, our bylaws need to be updated. Our, you know, in our board engagement needs to be, you know, we need to put thumbtacks on the wall that say, you're going to do this and you're going to do that. And maybe what I'm hearing you say is we need to step back and look at that future piece.  And the distant lake and the future view. It's kind of an interesting thing because I don't know many boards that are looking down the road as much as work worried about fundraising, of course, wolves at the door, and then that those those human issues that we have to deal with with our other board members. And it's a lot of it's accountability. It's total accountability. And people want to get behind accountable organizations. Yeah, but but here's what I have seen has happened Julia is is that most of our organization started out to change the world.  And over a series of years, we moved from outwardly focused to inwardly gazed. So what happened is we went into the organization decided to start dissecting it. Well, I have to say in the early days there was an organization to dissect. Yeah, it was it was a group of people who were constantly building for the community. And until we get back to this zeal of building for the community. And that our board rooms are where generations of people learn to be community leaders, where innovation comes from hearing all voices. And that that our nonprofits actually have a role in changing systemic racism that exists in our community. Do we get begin to say, do we really need to spend 45 minutes on this committee report. Yeah, you know I was just listening to a podcast the other day and Jeffrey you know me so well so I think you'll appreciate this humor. It was with Oprah Winfrey and they were saying how when there's a sound bite that comes out of a conversation Oprah will say tweet tweet, because that means like it's such a good sound bite that that's going to be tweeted and like just going viral. So much of what you just said in my head right I'm going like tweet tweet because all of that is a great sound bite. And you know this and that's why you always say like man you make a, you know a grown man blush is I could listen to you and how eloquent you put forward governance which some people would like snooze fast right on this platform of it's understandable in the accountability is a big piece like it makes me want to do more for my community and for the organization in which I'm serving so. Again, in my head I'm using the Oprah like tweet tweet because I've sound bite is just brilliant and and I know that that you speak volumes behind all of those sound bites so thank you for that. You know, good. You know, it's interesting. It seems to me Jeffrey that a lot of us worry about those inner workings. And we're not looking at the future. And in the sense of, of where are we a value to our community. And I'm wondering how, when we've become so data structured. When we as board members board leaders, CEOs, we look at this data and we're like, Oh my God, we can't afford to serve our community, or make payroll or whatever all those things are. It's really hard. It's really hard to get rid of that stress and project out into the future. Right, I mean, I'm wondering how you do that because it's almost like saying oh it'll be okay. What do you think about the future. Well, yeah, and you know how you do it is dependent upon each organization and we're an organization is that in its lifecycle also plays into this as well. There's just lots of variables but I will tell you Joey I do think there are a couple of. If we were going to a physician. There's some vital signs here that I think we could look at one of the vital signs is how healthy is the relationship between the board and executive director. Because it does not trust its management decides to go into the management business and what happens is what you have done is you created a management committee and the board and the organization no longer has a board. Because you've decided to become a management committee then why did you hire staff in the first place. You hired staff because you had become such a force for the community that you needed an infrastructure. When you started focusing on the infrastructure, you lost the velocity that you had created in the community, and now your attention turned towards the management, as opposed to the community. The management isn't helping you change management but don't change your board. Your board is the link between a community's promise for what it wants to be, and a group of citizens who are working together to make it what it can be. And when you stop being that link of what you want for your community and what you can deliver for your community, you stopped being a board. You're saying Jeffrey that's for any organization, any size organization anywhere in the life cycle. It's just how you address the process the systems within the maturity level maybe of your organization that could be different am I understanding that correctly. Yes, and there's a lot behind that Jared that that's a statement that needs a lot of unpacking, but but you have to also understand boards represent the power structure of an organization. And boards represent how you define privilege. If if you, I will tell you if a number of boards, when they formed their organizations had some of the requirements, then that they have now, you probably wouldn't have an organization. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Julia shared a great story. And it was about like an organization that had not changed his bylaws and probably over 100 years or something. And, and so some of some of those stories of evolving, you know, saying this, this might have been how you started but that's not how we're going to continue and, and you're right. That does happen Jeffrey. So, Jeffrey, I've got to ask you this because it seems to me that it's such a big topic. How do we know when we're getting it right. You know it seems to me a lot of boards get freaked out about governance when there may be other problems at hand. But because we started this conversation maybe they don't understand really how they should be performing what the vernacular really is and what it means. But going in the other direction how do we know. I mean is this only something that comes up when we have problems. Good question. Julia because I do think this this complicated question actually has a fairly simple answer. Okay. The first simple answer is, you know, knowing when board governance is in place. As your board spent time answering the question. What would we consider the optimal board for our cause. Have we had a conversation about what do we as a group of people agree constitutes the optimal board for this cause.  And people have to take ownership in is this the optimal board and the optimal board in 2010 will probably be different than the optimal board in 2020. I often like to have board retreats where the whole conversation is about, please tell me about what it would mean to have an optimal board for this organization. And then how do you know it's in place because you make a commitment to do an annual assessment. If you have agreed, these are the benchmarks of an optimal board that we've agreed to. And we have a governance committee or a board development committee that puts a strategy in place to oversee that these what constitutes an optimal board in our shared opinion. Then we take an annual assessment to see how we're doing. That's when you know what's in place. Another thing that we all have to remember is I often think that we refer to boards as though they're a person. And, and, and that, and that you know how do I how do I make my board better that's like say how do I make my child better my parent better my mother you know behave differently. Boards are not a being boards only change and grow because board members have been allowed to grow and change. There's nothing more than the summation of the people around the table. So if you want to develop your board, you have to realize it happens one board member at a time. Wow. You know, that's pretty profound because I think there's a struggle that we have in modern board management, if you will. I would say you're outside of that, helping us to navigate a different way but that it's most folks feel like, you know, our board should be performing and doing the exact same thing.  The point is well taken because when you have a conversation about what constitutes the optimal board, you then have to have a conversation what constitutes the optimal board meeting. Right. When I look at most board agenda. People are not having an optimal board meeting because it was never designed to be optimal. It was not designed for community leaders to get engaged in in provocative conversation about the issues that are confronting our fellow our fellow neighbors and and the working people in our community and, and, and are we bringing people in to inform us about how they're seeing the world. If you don't have a board meeting that looks like a community at work, you're not going to be an organization at work in the community. Right. That's power. That's a powerful statement and that's so true. You know, it makes me think when I hear you speak like this, that one of the big profiles should be, or words that we're using around our board members should be like champion and ambassador and people that are going to be the voice, if you will, of the cause and going forward and rallying support versus that C suite management approach. Fair. That's more than fair because I think the, the, the folks who were probably on your founding board described themselves as activists or advocates. They didn't even they didn't even talk about such nice things as ambassador, or are they were activists. Most of the nonprofits in this country, we're going to fight homelessness. We're going to make sure that children were not abused that women had the right to vote that all voices met, they didn't do that because they were ambassadors. They did it because they were going to be advocates, and they were going to have activism. And until our boards go back to what got us into business, I am convinced that's what's going to keep us in business. And Julia, we've got it we've got a generation of people that are not going to support you because of what you do. They're going to support you because of what you stand for. And if they only see the staff standing up and standing for something that delivers a huge message. They want people saying, This is wrong. This is right. And I'm going to give to that. And what I'm hearing to Jeffrey is we also have a big, you know, generation, well, and it's spans generations right I think so many of us are really hungry involved right we're hungry for that belonging we're hungry for that sense of what can I do to help right where where can my voice be heard where can my action be seen. So we really are filled with you know so many activists and advocates for multiple causes and I think you know so much goes beyond what does the board say what does the staff say what is that statement that's being made from the organization, where can I play a role, where do I fit in this cause and in the community, and so many of our supporters and just you know loyal, loyal investors and if I if I may be so bold to take a donor right into truly an investor of change. I think we're looking for that I think overall you know our, our population at large is really looking for for that we're looking to feed that that craving of hunger and thirst of. How can we play more of an activist role how play more of an advocate role for this cause that we believe so heartfelt in. And the word that comes to my mind is actually contributor, how can I contribute to whatever means I've got how can I contribute to make sure that there is a four year old in our community that is not going to go to bad hungry is not going to go to bed feeling unsafe is going to feel that they are in a caring and loving home and they're ready and prepared to go to school. I want to contribute to that. And these nonprofits have to figure out is how they can do that. And if it's if it's to sit in the boardroom and tell the staff how to act. I got to tell you, that is not how the original board made it possible for children's advocacy organizations to get off the ground and there's a fabulous children's organizations in the state of Arizona with the Arizona that started many years ago. And that's a key word that when you work on a part of an organization that is an advocating organization. You stop talking about a fundraising plan, you talk about a campaign plan. What is our campaign, it's a campaign for children, it's a campaign to end homelessness. And you know what, every time we come into this boardroom, you got to see are we campaigning as we should. That creates what's called movements. Right. And that's the difference between governing a corporation and governing a cause causes thrive because they are moving, they are moving people and communities to higher ground in a quality of life that all of us want to share and we call home. Tweet tweet. Okay, well I'm profoundly processing. Yes, has. I mean, we've done a year of this of the show. Five days a week. We've had over 250 different guests, and this is your voice is one that's pretty unique. I think that one thing is you're able to articulate things that maybe a lot of us think about or we can't, can't figure out how to verbalize it, and you do that brilliantly. But, but this is a really interesting conversation that you've brought forward with us today because it really is a profound change, and how we are talking about board management. And again, I just use that word, you know management versus cause management versus, you know, strategic thinking, it's a fascinating fascinating thing that you can kind of bring to light for all of us. And this is a discussion that with all of this change that we've had globally as Jared has said, you know multiple pandemics. And this is the time to really evaluate where we are and what we're doing and if we need to make change. A lot of times out of stress you can. It's easier to make change, I believe, you know, Jeffrey Wilcox amazing amazing thought leader and he's joined us here's Jeffrey does training with his team throughout the country. And it's a fascinating fascinating group to see what their thoughts are you have so many different people on your team that are well versed in the nonprofit sector of course your legacy to our sector is profound but not only you Jeffrey is as you know your team, sharing that. So you got your interim executive Academy, which I know Jared ransom has gone through it's been really impressive to see her trajectory in her career, this board chairs Academy now that's relatively new right. No that's actually 14 years old. Next week we're going to graduate our 23rd class over 400 nonprofits. And I'm in that now and like I said I wanted to know more from the interim executive position and how the board chairs Academy really works. I am blown away every session of course I just learned more and more and more that I want to continue to sink my teeth deeper into so I highly recommend both of these academies. It's really awesome. It's really cool. Third sector company amazing I've been a great supporter a great educator to us all. Again I'm Julia Patrick CEO of the American nonprofit Academy been joined by the nonprofit nerd herself, Jared ransom. And wow, those glasses really do work right Jeffrey. I love being a nerd. I wouldn't want to be anything else. We did so much to today's conversation, clearly a wonderful thought leader, love so much about about what you offer, and also many of these companies you see in front of you offer, you know, tremendous support and contributions to our sector at large so thanks to our presenting sponsors. Absolutely. Wow, Jeffrey you are a treasure we are thrilled that you would be our thought leader. The nonprofit sector is always an exciting place to be, but when you're with us, you really unlock a lot of possibilities. And I love what you have to say you always energize me. And so thank you thank you for being with us today. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, as we end every day. We want to remind everyone. Stay well, so you can do well. We'll see you back here.


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The narcissist is perfectly capable of having pseudo-intimate relationships that do not involve a shared fantasy. I want to make this clear. Narcissism can have relationships that resemble romantic relationships, involve a modicum, some kind of intimacy, but they are not constructed upon or founded upon a shared fantasy. They don't involve any fantasy element or defense. In such liaisons, in such couples, the narcissist is indifferent. He is dismissive, but he is very rarely, if ever, abusive. He is not triggered in such relationships. He doesn't need, feel the need to be abusive, or shall I say, he's not compelled to be abusive. There's no compulsion. The narcissist's egregious maltreatment or mistreatment of his intimate partners is a compulsion. It is not something he fully controls. And so there are these types of relationships, relationships which essentially involve indifference, sometimes even contempt, dismissiveness, coldness, detachment. They resemble very much reifications of the insecure attachment styles. That's not the case with shared fantasies. So the narcissist has two types of relationships. Pseudo-intimate relationships and shared fantasies. Many of you ask me, can the narcissist love? Can the narcissist commit and invest in a relationship, perfect a relationship? Well, the answer is the narcissist is incapable of positive emotions of any kind. Against the enormous reservoir of helplessness and shame that imbue the narcissist since early childhood. Remember that the narcissist had been abused as a child and felt helpless and shameful. So there is a bad object inside the narcissist. Tapping into positive emotions releases the bad object and threatens the narcissist's very life. So narcissists don't do positive emotions. They don't love. However, they are emotionally invested in the shared fantasy. They do affect it and they are pretty committed to it. Actually compulsively committed to it, obsessively committed to it, insanely committed to it.  Something, what is called a mass psychogenic illness. Something really unhealthy. Now, in the shared fantasy, the narcissist snapshots his intimate partner.  They are totally interchangeable with the female gender pronouns. Tapish, he, she, he is her, him, her, et cetera, et cetera. Just change your gender pronouns. Everything I'm saying is valid for women, female narcissists as well. Okay. Within the shared fantasy, the narcissist snapshots his intimate partner. He introjects her and then he idealizes the resultant internal object. So the narcissist comes across someone. It's a potential intimate partner. He takes a snapshot and then he photoshopped the snapshot. He idealizes the snapshot. Henceforth, from this moment onwards, the narcissist abusively coerces this new intimate partner into conforming to this inner representation of her to her avatar in his mind. I'm going to repeat this sentence for two reasons. Number one, I adore the sound of my voice. Number two, it's a very complex, densely written prose. So it requires elaboration. When the narcissist comes across an intimate partner, he internalizes her as a snapshot. He idealizes the snapshot and from that moment onwards, the narcissist forces his partner using abuse and training and brainwashing and other techniques. The narcissist forces his partner to conform to the snapshot, to conform to the introject, to conform to the internal object that represents her in his mind. Because remember, the narcissist interacts only with internal objects, never with external ones. In this course of action, the need to coerce the partner to behave in a certain way. This course of action, of course, is self-defeating or couple-defeating, to be precise. If you coerce someone, if you force someone, if you mistreat someone, if you abuse someone, the way, for example, I'm abusing many, this guarantees the dissolution of the bond. It guarantees breakup, a breakup. If you behave this way, your partner is going to break up with you one way or another and we will discuss the ways a bit later. But it guarantees the absence of your partner in the long term. It guarantees that you will stay alone. And so snapshotting, idealization, which is the photoshopping of the snapshot, so the introject idealizing the introject and then forcing the partner to conform to the introject or else guarantees the ultimate dissolution of the bond via devaluation and discard. Now in psychology there's a principle, whatever we do, we mean to do. Whatever we do is because we seek the outcomes of what we're doing. So the narcissist's attempt to shoehorn his partner into an idealized introject, into an idealized snapshot in his mind, snapshot that is inert, immutable, never changes. This attempt is intended to break up the couple. The narcissist wants to dissolve the bond. The narcissist wants his partner gun. It is the long sought after separation from a maternal figure. Now pay attention to what I'm saying. I'm saying that the narcissist uses snapshotting in projection, idealization, photoshopping the snapshot. He uses this in order, as instruments, in order to guarantee a breakup. He uses these tools, these mental tools, so that he can go through devaluation and discard and separate from his intimate partner who in his mind is a maternal figure. How do the partners react to all this? They're like pawns in a chess game. They're like tools and instruments. They are objectified. They're like crazy figurines or statists in a movie of the narcissist making their props in his theater production. How does anyone with half a mind react to this kind of dehumanization, objectification, and in some cases coercive control? Well, in several ways. The narcissist's partners end up abandoning him. That's one way. Trauma bonding makes this very difficult, but some people break away and they're the ones who got away. The second solution is to triangulate with a third party. That's the famous Cartman drama triangle, the abuser, the victim, the rescuer. So to find the rescuer and to triangulate with a savior or the rescuer or the fixer or the healer, that's the second solution. So such an intimate partner chooses to triangulate or even to modify the narcissist with infidelity or other forms of betrayal. This second solution is a desperate attempt to jumpstart the moribund relationship. It's a cry for help. Actually, the narcissist pushes his partner to choose this second solution. The partner is exposed to the narcissist's inexorable betrayal fantasy. The narcissist pushes his partner to cheat on him, to betray him. And I refer you to the two videos I have made a month ago regarding the narcissist's betrayal fantasy. So this is the second solution. A cry for help. Listen, I'm in such distress. I'm so scared of you, but I still love you. And I'm going to introduce another man into the couple in order to signal to you how desperate I am in order for you to show some commitment to get a rise out of you, to help me back into the relationship, to fight for me. But of course, the narcissist wants this to happen. That's his betrayal fantasy. He is not a cuckold. This is not masochism. It's a way to separate from the partner while blaming her for the separation she cheated on me. Of course, I had to get rid of her. So this is the second solution. First solution, abandoning the narcissist altogether, breaking up, divorcing, going away. Second solution, triangulating with another man or cheating with another man or betraying the narcissist in some other way. And this is brought on by the narcissist's betrayal fantasy. The narcissist pushes his partner to do this. And the third way, of course, is succumbing, giving in, surrendering, becoming a figment in the narcissist's shared fantasy. This is the third way. And many intimate partners of narcissists choose this way because they want to stay with him. They want to have a relationship with the narcissist, owing to trauma bonding, resonance with earlier parental figures, early childhood trauma, daddy issues, mommy issues. I mean, you name it. For whatever reason, actually, the majority of intimate partners of narcissists shoulder on. They stay in the relationship. They accept the shared fantasy as a common psychotic space. They become characters, animated characters in the narcissist's comic book. And so these figments, erstwhile partners, now turned figments, they become abstracts. They're not real to the narcissist. They've never been real. They've been internal objects all along. But having merged with internal objects by suspending reality and suspending their animation. The partners merge with the internal object. They become the snapshot. And then, of course, they lose any claim to external existence. When the narcissist intimate partner says, okay, I'm going to conform with a snapshot in your mind.  I'm going to not be. And so, obviously, that makes it impossible for the narcissist to regard his intimate partner as anything but the snapshot. But remember, remember why all this is happening. The narcissist snapshots the partner, interjects her, photoshopped the snapshot, idealizes her, and then coerces her, forces her, prevails on her, abuses her so as to make her become one with a snapshot, conform to the snapshot, 100%. And the narcissist is doing this in order to push his partner away. The narcissist behaves in this way, knowing full well that no very few partners would tolerate it in the long run. Because he wants the partner's gun. He needs to replay or reenact separation, individuation with the new maternal figure, the intimate partner, because he could not complete it or had not completed it with his original mother. The intimate partner becomes a mother substitute, and now he has a chance to separate the individual. So, he makes impossible demands on her. He sets her up for failure. He baits her. He attacks her, pushes her away. He devalues her, and then he feels legitimized to discard her. Because, for example, she abandoned him, or she cheated on him, or she triangulated, or she betrayed him somehow. And then separation is completed. Individuation is another issue, and I'll refer you to my video on why does the narcissist hoover her. But separation is completed in this case. When the partner refuses to collude in this macabre dance, when the narcissist's intimate partner refuses to collaborate with the narcissist, refuses, for example, to abandon him, refuses to betray him, refuses to cheat on him, becomes one with a snapshot, or a convergence with a snapshot, suspends her own autonomy, independence and agency, becomes a nobody and a nothing. An object, the property of the narcissist, a tool, an instrument, an extension, that moment separation becomes impossible. The narcissist is unable to separate from such a partner, because this kind of partner won't go away. Never mind what the narcissist does to this type, third type of intimate partner, she never goes away. The narcissist devalues her, abuses her, attacks her, cheats on her, steals from her. I mean, you name it, and she won't go away, so separation individuation fails in this case, in the third solution. Fails. This makes the narcissist very resentful, very frustrated and very aggressive. He hates his intimate partner for having stayed. He resents his intimate partner for not allowing him to devalue her and discard her. She's doing it on purpose, it's malevolent, she's a bloodsucker, she's a gold digger. He hates her, and yet he's unable to go through the motions, because the introject, the snapshot, is idealized, and he cannot discard an idealized snapshot, and the intimate partner does not contradict the snapshot or undermine it. So he's stuck, he feels that he's entrapped in a trap. No matter which course of action he chooses, his intimate partner who chose to remain loyal to him is frustrating. He cannot get rid of the snapshot, and he cannot get rid of her. So what he does, he defuminizes her, he takes away her femininity. He does not see her as a woman anymore. Of course, again, I remind you, it applies to the opposite gender.  But the main analysis is, defuminizes his intimate partner, the intimate partner who sticks around, the intimate partner who would not be pushed away, the intimate partner who insists on sharing his life and keeping the shared fantasy alive, the intimate partner who has become the snapshot, an external representation of an internal object, an intimate partner who is meek, submissive, subservient, obsequious, obedient, in other words, an intimate partner who has no identity, or agency, or autonomy, or independence of her own. She is just a figment or an extension. This intimate partner frustrates the analysis because he cannot complete the separation, so he defuminizes her. He aggresses against her and he maternalizes her. He converts her into a total mother figure. The relationship then becomes sexless and transactional. If it is a somatic narcissist, he starts to cheat.  If it's a cerebral narcissist, he withdraws into a world of intellect and learning and ignores his intimate partner altogether. The relationship becomes a give and take, totally business-like, and it's like two roommates or business partners sharing the same space occasionally. There's no sex involved, definitely. And when the intimate partner chooses the third solution, she becomes a full-fledged mother figure. And like a real mother, she is free to have sex and romance and intimacy with other men. That's not a problem because to the narcissist in the shared fantasy, she's a mother, and mother can date other men. The narcissist has no sexual or romantic claim on his mother, obviously. That would be incest and pathological expression or manifestation of the Oedipus complex. So the narcissist, when the intimate partner refuses to be discarded, not giving him the chance to separate and individuate, the narcissist becomes absent. He absents himself from the relationship. Emotionally or sometimes physically. And he lets the partner do whatever she wishes, with whoever she wishes. But she should always be at the back and core of the permanently infantilized narcissist. Unable to complete separation individuation, the narcissist remains regressed in an infantile state.  Again, he is a mother who refuses to allow him to separate from her and become his own person and individual. So now, he remains an infant. And like every infant, he has temper tantrums, he has demands, and she should always be there for him, object constancy. She should always be there for him, and she should service him. She should provide him with services, safety, and supply three out of the four. The sex she can have with others, intimacy, romance she can have with others. But on the rest, she should provide them a regular basis. And this is how the relationship remains. And in such cases, they could last for a very long time, even decades. The narcissist stuck at a baby or toddler phase of development, and the intimate partner increasingly assuming maternal roles. Until at some point, some narcissists rebel, they grow up, they become adolescents, and they venture out into the world on their own, which is heartbreaking for the intimate partner. But that's the story for another video. Hope you enjoyed. Many sense her regards. So do I. Good to be back with all of you. And should nothing untoward happen again, I hope to see you regularly from now.


We're also deeply honored to have the presence of United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, namaskar to you all. And it is indeed a pleasure, delight and an honor to be welcoming all of you in this very special occasion and a special ceremony as we have the 2018 United Nations Environment Champions of the Earth Award ceremony. It is definitely a very proud moment for all of us. Thank you all of you for joining in this moment of fright. And at the outset, may I request respected Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sri Rishikesh Mishraji, to kindly accord a green welcome to the dignitaries on the days. We welcome the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji, by presenting him the green sapling. Our greetings to Mr. Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General, to Shri Mati Sushma Swaraj, the Honorable Minister of External Affairs, welcoming Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Honorable Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Our greetings to Mr. Eric Solheim, the Executive Director, United Nations Environment, and to Dr. Mehesh Sharma, the Honorable Minister of State, Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the champions of the Earth Award is a highly prestigious award. This is the United Nations highest environmental honour. In every year, this award confers and recognises outstanding personalities from business, from civil society, from government, recognising their outstanding contributions and people who have had a very transformative impact on the health of our planet. This last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the names of the 2018 Champions of the Earth bodies were announced and applauded in a glittering ceremony. At the outset, we show you the glimpses of the ceremony. The United Nations is all about bringing people together, the challenges which face our planet. It can't be overcome unless we cooperate. It really means so much to me to be here with you in New York to celebrate some of the most remarkable human beings in this world. Every year, the award seeks out and celebrates the world's most exceptional environmental leaders, advocates and innovators. We all owe our duty and responsibility to protect our planet. Human protection is a global challenge that requires attention and action from each individual on this planet. We need to act now. Each of us can take transformational actions. With these awards, we recognise bold moves which have been taken in the promise of more action to come. This is the most urgent problem the world faces today. What protein you're going to place at the centre of your plate. The implications of that decision are vast for the environment. We're pleased to fight climate change and global warming and to make this a better world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Emmanuel Macron of France are recognised. By polluting the oceans, not mitigating CO2 emissions, and destroying our biodiversity, we are killing our planet. There is no planet P. What makes a champion of the earth? There are the leaders and exemplars we need right now. It's a very proud moment for 1.3 billion people and in this gathering we celebrate the exemplary contribution of our Prime Minister in keeping the health of this planet. And now may I request Honourable Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Hashwadan, for his welcome remarks. Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, your Excellency, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Gutierrez, United Nations Environment Program Executive Director, Mr. Eric Solheim, Honourable PJP President, Shri Amit Shahji, Honourable External Affairs Minister, Shri Mati Sushma Swarajji, Minister of State, Environment, Dr. Mahesh Sharmaji, all my worthy cabinet and party colleagues, distinguished ambassadors, representatives of the diplomatic missions, senior officers of the government, other distinguished guests and friends from the media who have come to grace this prestigious occasion. I feel honoured and delighted to welcome you all to this historic occasion. When the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Gutierrez, confers the United Nations highest environment honour, the Champions of the Earth Award 2018 on our beloved Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji. It is indeed a proud moment for all Indians. On behalf of my fellow countrymen, I thank the United Nations for honouring our Prime Minister for his outstanding and inspiring leadership and commitment in the arena of environment. I take special pleasure in welcoming the Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. Antonio Gutierrez. Portugal is a country having a nostalgic bond with India and our economic ties continue to follow an upward trajectory. I am also very happy to welcome my dear friend, Mr. Eric Solheim, who is working very closely with us and has literally made India his mission. Friends, today our beloved Prime Minister is to be felicitated for his leadership on environmental issues and sustainable development, with a focus on clean energy, formation of the International Solar Alliance and his very commendable pledge to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022. Our humble Prime Minister, in keeping with the Indian tradition of renunciation, has already announced that he is dedicating this award to the Indian value system. It is indeed a hallmark of his unique personality that he renders selfless service to the nation but never takes any credit for it. The United Nations Environment Program has termed Shri Narendra Modiji as a leader with remarkable vision, innovation, courage, determination and commitment. It is indeed for the whole world to see that India under the able leadership of Shri Narendra Modiji is committed to inclusive development and raising the standard of living of our people in a sustainable and green way. Rightly, the United Nations has recognized our Prime Minister as a statesman with exemplary devotion and commitment to uplift the poor, strengthen public health and protect the environment through numerous initiatives launched in the last four years. After assuming leadership in 2014, Modiji gave a call for Swachh Bharat Mission, a massive clean India drive. He personally took charge of this campaign to rid the country of pervasive insanity conditions all around. More than 8 crore toilets have been constructed in the last four years to make India open defecation free. As many as 25 states have become open defecation free and so have 5 lakh villages. Today our villages are fast becoming cleaner and deaths due to diarrhea are history. That itself speaks volumes for Modiji's vision in nurturing environmental health. Similarly, poor women in rural India were being forced to use biomass as cooking fuel. The resulting household pollution was leading to a great human suffering for 70 long years. Nobody took action. It was Modiji who was moved by the plight of these A plus women and conceptualized the Ujjula Yojana that envisages providing LNG as cooking fuel to 80 million households. Prime Minister personally monitors the program which has relieved the misery of crores of women. When the history of environmental and public health shall be written in this country, the name of our honorable Prime Minister will be embedded there in golden letters. Ladies and gentlemen, our government under the leadership of Modiji has voted to work for reversing climate change, managing hazardous waste, protecting wildlife and so on. Under his astute leadership, the environment ministry is working relentlessly to spread mass awareness on environmental protection through a massive citizens campaign called the Green Good Deeds. The youth have also taken inspiration from Modiji and are leading the change, making responsible choices to ensure that they do all that they can to reverse climate change. A country of a billion plus is looking up to Modiji with hope and expectation. A new India has emerged wedded to the past but imbibing modern ideas. A young nation is now up and running and continues to grow at a pace never imagined by economists. And we all know the man whose vision has made this possible. Yesterday was the 150th birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi, of Mahatma Gandhi, fondly known as Bapu, and revered by the whole world as the messiah of non-violence. Decades ago, Bapu dreamt of his Swachh Bharat. Today, his dream is being brought to reality by a man as humble, as committed and as brave as him. Our beloved Prime Minister, Modiji is inspiring 130 crore Indians to achieve the goal of Swachh Bharat and making remarkable strides in cleanliness and sanitation in environmental protection and upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden. From this prestigious dais, let it be known that a person coming from a humble background is slowly transforming India. Millions of poor who had no hope of coming out of their sub-human existence have a glimmer of hope in their eyes today. Let us all, on this historic day, take a pledge to join our beloved Prime Minister in his pursuit of transforming India. Dear sir, India stands with you. We share your dreams and we believe in you. Once again, I welcome all of you present here today at the celebrations of this historic occasion. Namaskar and Jai Hind. Thank you, Honourable Minister Sir, also for highlighting the transformative impact which the Honourable Prime Minister has been making. And we now request the head of the United Nations Environment, Mr. Eric Solheim, for his opening remarks. Dear Prime Minister Modi, their Secretary General, there are so many dignitaries in this room, I cannot mention you all, but I'm so happy to be with you this great morning in Delhi. My dear Modi Chief, the most important raw material in today's world is not gold or oil or energy or any mineral. The most important missing raw material in today's world is political leadership. That's what's transforming the world. Political vision, political leadership, political dedication, that's what so often is lacking. And that's what I admire so much from you. You are providing that to India and to the much wider world. Some of you are aware, but for many years of my life I came to India maybe every six weeks. I was the Chief Negotiator in the peace process in Sri Lanka. I came here to confer with Indian leadership from BGP and from Congress. It was a very different India, even if it was just 10-15 years back. A much poorer India, the time there was no metro in Delhi, now you are opening a new metro station basically every week. So it was a very different India. And it was also an India with a very different debate. The time the debate was always, do India want to develop or do India want to take care of Mother Earth and the nature? And surprise, surprise, most Indians want to develop. I give you credit one-handedly to transform that debate into a debate not about development or environment, but a debate about environment and development as one track where we can do triple wins, put up policies which are good for the environment, good for jobs and economic growth, and good for the uplifting of the people and the health all at the same time. Well, this is maybe not new in India, because I think environment runs deeper in the veins of Indians than in most people in the world. And that's not least thanks to the natural born environmentalist Mahatma Gandhi. He was an environmentalist at a time when the notion didn't exist. I don't think the name environmentalist didn't exist in the 1920s or 1930s. Still he was probably the greatest environmentalist ever walking this planet. His lifestyle was very modest, that's always helpful. He bonded with nature in a fantastic way. I mean Mahatma Gandhi said that if you want to look into the character of a person, look into how that person is treating animals. He said the way we are treating our forest is a mirror image for ourselves. This is really being an environmentalist at a time when the notion didn't exist. Mahatma Gandhi was also one of the first people I am aware of who pointed to the enormous negative consequences of air pollution. He said, man can subsist for many days without food. We can even go a day without water, but we can only go a few minutes without air. So let's protect the air against the horrendous air pollution and they looked into how the factory workers of the time were polluting bad air. So this is an environmentalist at a time when there were no environmentalism. So inspiring to all of you. And one of the most famous quotes from Gandhi in my view was he said, cleanliness is godliness. And can there be any better way of taking that quote, that inspiration of Gandhi into the 21st century than the Swachh India campaign. Cleanliness is godliness, providing toilet to every single Indian, making sure that everyone in the countryside of India has a family toilet, avoiding the open defecation, making sure that there is much less pollution into the Great Rivers, to the Ganga and to all the other rivers. Can there be any better way of honoring Mahatma Gandhi than Swachh India? And this is the triple win policies we want. Much better for the health of people because there is less bacteria, much better for the environment than the Great Rivers, and providing any number of jobs and economic roles all with the same policies. So Swachh India, triple win, environment, health and jobs. But of course there are other such triple wins policies. Another one is plastics. It must have been the proudest moment in my life in the United Nations when I was in Delhi on the 5th of June when Prime Minister Modi announced that India will wipe out all one used plastic by 2022. That's such a brave statement. You may not be able to do it fully, but even setting the target, setting the direction have such an impact. You see the impact immediately. When that leadership comes from the top, well you see the impact in the state of Uttar Pradesh. You see it in Tamil Nadu, you see it in Maharashtra. We try to buy one used cutlery in the state of Maharashtra. What do people tell us? Well they said, well we have to go somewhere else. We didn't want to use it. We want to make a video to throw away the one used over the plastic cutlery. They said, no, we don't have it there. Go to another state. And of course in Maharashtra, 120 million, U.P. 200 million, Tamil Nadu 80, 90 million, when these entities start moving, it's enormous for the world. And all the big leaders of business in Mumbai again coming together see how can business benefit from this opportunity to move into new and better products and create new business opportunities. Again, good for the environment, good for health and good for business and jobs with just one policy. And please also remind yourself of the international implications of this. India is soon to be the most populous nation in the world. India is probably the most complicated society on the planet in its enormous variety and reach them. If India can fight out one used plastic, there is no way to hide. You cannot stand up in the parliament of my nation Norway or South Africa or Ecuador or Brazil or Cameroon or anywhere else in the world and tell the people only the Indians can do this. We cannot do it. India can do it. Everyone can do it. There is no place to hide. So this is of fantastic importance to the rest of the world. Thank God you are not alone. The European Union has a very ambitious plastic strategy. Parliament of Chile just made a very strong decision for Chile. Many African nations like Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda have strong policies. So a lot is happening, but India is in the lead. That's what we want to honor today. And it's of course not just plastic pollution, it's also air pollution. UN Environment is very, very proud to work with the government of India with the Minister of Petroleum, with some of the Northern Indian states to see how we can transform the agriculture based in the areas around India, in the European Haryana and the other states, how that we can transform inter-economic opportunity for the future if we can make the agriculture waste into a biofuel. Again, good for environment, good for health and good for the economy, all that with the same policies. Dear Prime Minister, when we met you told me a moving story. You said your grandparents were very poor. Your grandfather had told your grandmother that maybe you should go and shop some wood in the forest. But your grandmother said, no, yes, we are poor, but we will not destroy the forest. That's too sacred for us. To me, that's a very moving story about the dedication to nature. And also nature, we now see great progress in India. The amount of forest is increasing after many, many years of decrease. Fantastic. I mean, for sure a lot more need to happen. That is on the positive side. The target population is gradually increasing. Again, great credit to India. If you mind yourself, there is hardly any animal on the planet which is so difficult to conserve as tigers because tigers is one of the very, very few animals to attack Indians to kill us, to eat us. I mean, malaria and mosquitoes are more dangerous to humans than tigers, but they don't try to eat us. So making the target population grow is a great credit to India and it shows the dedication to nature and your leadership. Finally, solar energy. Energy is at the core of everything. And what an achievement to connect 700,000 villages of India to the electrical grid? True, not all households are still connected. That's the next. But to connect every single village, 700,000 is such an achievement. And more and more it's happened with solar, with big solar, with small solar, but transforming the economy from the old coal base into the new solar base. And through that, you also create many more jobs because there are many more jobs in the solar energy. And we had the honor not just to honor you in New York, but also to honor Kortschee International Airport, the first fully solar airport anywhere in the world. And I tell myself, and it's not a small airport. Kortschee is bigger than any airport at the African continent except for South Africa. So it's a big airport from an international perspective. And I tell my Chinese friends, my European friends, my American friends, well, if the Indians can do that in Kortschee, for sure you can do that in Florida or you can do that in the center part of China or Europe. So it's again inspiring the entire world and making international solar alliance a huge positive for the future. I saw Prime Minister said that maybe this is the opaque of the future. Yes, we will see enormous transformation of the global economies into solar in the Earth to come. Last year was the first year in human history where we produced more solar energy than oil and gas, coal and nuclear combined. So the transformation is happening. We just need to speed it up. Finally, even a Prime Minister is not alone. Without a good team, you could not have achieved all this. Let me pay tribute to my very good friend, Dr. Harsh Vardhanthi, the man who wiped out Polo from India and is now transforming India into green. And to Sike Mishra, Chief Secretary of the Ministry and all the other dedicated people because the support team make what the Prime Minister is doing possible. Finally, we need political leadership. We need visionary leadership. We need the dedication and determination which you are providing. This is also in line with Mahatma Gandhi who famously said we need to be the change we want to see in this world. Prime Minister, you are leading us in that area. You make it possible for us to be the change we want to see in this world. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Sondheim, for sharing with us the keen observation, the changes you see in India and that definitely inspires and motivates everyone. Thank you so much. And may I now request Shri Mati Sushma Swaraj, the Honourable Minister for External Affairs for her remarks. I am Shri Mati, I am also the Honourable Minister of Public Affairs for this India-Centure Muslim Party. I am an Honourable Brother & Sister of the Ministry. Today is a great day for India. Today our Prime Minister is being considered as a Champion of Earth in the area of Pariyavan through the Indian National Party. Friends, this achievement is the respect of that extraordinary leader, who is also presenting the world to the Prime Minister Modi along with India. Perhaps some of you will remember that when some developed countries started to come out of the first understanding, and there was a big question on the success of that understanding, at that time the Prime Minister Modi had said, that on the first understanding, we did not do any kind of pressure on the country, but the 5,000-year-old Indian culture, which is an old Indian culture, we did it in the form of a proof of its existence. This achievement is the respect of that extraordinary leader, who was the Prime Minister Modi giving to the world. I would like to tell you about what the Prime Minister Modi had said about the Indian culture, that we do not believe in the earth as a planet, the earth is not a planet for us, the earth is a mother earth for us, and our souls are filled with emotions where the earth has been called mother. There is a book by Atharva Veda, Mata Bhumi, Putra Om Prithivya.  And that is why I remember that when I was a child, I was taught that wake up in the morning, when your feet are on the ground, then put your hands together and say, padash, parsham, kshamasla, hey dhartima, I am putting my feet on your body, forgive me. And this is the reason, that in the afternoon, when the clouds are formed, then ground-breaking ceremony is held. But when the clouds are formed in India, then the earth worship is held. We worship the earth, we do it by means of means, and we do not just worship, we ask for forgiveness from it. When the first horse runs, then they say, mother is making your heart shudder, forgive us. And we only ask for forgiveness from the earth. We also ask for forgiveness from those thorns, we also ask for forgiveness from those thorns, who have made their homes on that earth. We put our hands together and say, that for our selfishness, for our own home, we are breaking your homes. You will have to go away from here. You will have to make other homes. Forgive us. This is the specialty of Indian culture, that we talk about the peace of the sky, and we talk about the peace of the earth. This is the specialty that the Prime Minister was doing, when he took this idea that we will not let this idea fail. And I say today, that after that idea, he started working very fast in the field of tourism. The ISA, International Solar Alliance, he made it with France, he worked very fast to move forward. Today, I would like to tell you that during the time when the Prime Minister came, the Prime Minister made a meeting that was made to discuss the climate change. I was in that meeting, that is why I am a witness to it. We were having a very open discussion, and the whole meeting was divided into two parts. On the one hand, Pariyawaranwadi, on the other hand, Vikaaswadi. Pariyawaranwadi was saying that what is the benefit of such development that will be destroyed by destroying nature and destroyed. The day nature gets angry, it will destroy the entire development. On the other hand, Vikaaswadi was saying that the developed countries have done everything by themselves. They destroyed nature and destroyed their own countries. Today, when countries like us have come, we are getting engaged. We are talking about the climate change. We are talking about the protection of Pariyawaranwadi. The Prime Minister has been listening very calmly. At the end, while finishing the whole discussion, he said that can't development be the protection of Pariyawaranwadi? I understand that development can be the protection of Pariyawaranwadi. So, some people asked that for the protection of Pariyawaranwadi, we need electricity. We have coal here. Where will electricity come from instead of thermal power? So, he immediately said that electricity can come from solar instead of thermal power. So, the question came that how much electricity can come from solar? And how much will the electricity of solar be expensive? So, he said that solar has a lot of energy. As much as he wants, he can give. So, you have to keep in mind that how much electricity do you want? And the question of the price is that when more electricity comes, then it becomes cheap. And he said that we will develop with the protection of Pariyawaranwadi. Friends, this is the respect of the wish power that he had presented in that sit-up. And that word did not remain a word. He turned those words into Pariyawaranwadi. He was surprised that at the time he had a wonderful vision. 175 gigawatt renewable energy 175 gigawatt renewable energy we will develop. We have never used the word gigawatt. We used to speak in megawatt. But gigawatt is also 175 gigawatt renewable energy. And he said 100 gigawatt only from solar. 60 gigawatt from wind. That is, sun and wind which have a lot of energy. We will do it. We will do it. And today I can say that the Prime Minister who was saying his wish power that day, today he completed it. The 100 gigawatt people were worried to accept it. Today I want to tell you in Guterres and Eirik. 17 rupees 19 money that gigawatt today I get 2 rupees 24. 2 rupees and 44 money also. Then I said that it is the respect of that wish power that he has shown. And even today in the area of Pariyawaran the kind of leadership that the Prime Minister is doing. When the SDGs were made sustainable development goals then it was said that we will only achieve this goal when India but even then the Prime Minister said that at that time he was speaking in the UN in 2015 that India will not complete your expectations. In fact, it will never let you fail by achieving these goals before the time. This is the respect of that trust. I express my condolences to the Secretary General of Guterres Executive Director of UNEP that he has given the leadership of the Prime Minister this responsibility to recognize the leadership of the Prime Minister. Today from Vishwamantya it is said that as the champions of art we are cheering the Prime Minister Modi. We respect you because these are some such institutions if they are all in Vishwamantya then yes, this is happening. I again express my condolences to the Prime Minister that he has accepted the leadership of the Prime Minister and the leadership of the Prime Minister and his support and his leadership and the trust given to Vishwamantya. Thank you very much. Thank you so much, Ma'am for sharing with us certain things which again reflected on the very noble vision and mission which our Honorable Prime Minister has towards protecting the Mother Earth and the change which he is leading. Thank you so much, Ma'am. And ladies and gentlemen, we are really delighted and factually honored to have the presence of His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres present with us the United Nations Secretary General. I would now like to request and invite him for his special address. Honorable Prime Minister and his ladies and gentlemen, all protocol observed. I am extremely pleased to join you to present the United Nations Champions on the Earth Award for Policy Leadership for 2018. And today we recognize a statesman who embodies the true meaning of leadership. Prime Minister Modi recognizes that climate change poses a direct existential threat to all. Prime Minister Modi knows that we need to do what we need to do to avert catastrophe. And Prime Minister Modi understands the enormous benefits of climate action. Many other leaders also recognize, also know and also understand the differences that Prime Minister Modi not only recognizes, knows and understands but that he acts with enormous energy to make this change. And these leadership is today more necessary than ever because let us be clear climate change is still running faster than what we are. The Paris Agreement on climate change that we absolutely must implement is not being indeed fully implemented. And many leaders around the world are not doing enough to make sure that it becomes a reality. And we know that the Paris Agreement is not enough. We know that we need more ambition. We know that we need to increase the engagements that were made in Paris when 2020 countries will present their new commitments. But the truth is that this example of leadership that Prime Minister Modi represents is not being followed enough in the world. The truth is that Prime Minister Modi also represents an extraordinary legacy. India has always been a fundamental pillar of civilization, philosophy, culture in our world. And starting by the Vedas and looking at the extraordinary role of Mahatma Gandhi is always a very clear commitment to the harmonious relationship between humankind and nature. And this vision of harmony is the vision that guides what is today the most enlightened policy in relation to the environment and the economy in relation to climate action as an absolute priority in today's world that is assumed by Prime Minister and by the governments of India. And we need also to recognize that this example must fruitify that other leaders must look at what's happening in India and must do the same, of course with different circumstances in different countries to make sure that we are able to win the race against climate change and that we are able to understand that today there is no contradiction between climate action and development. On the contrary the green economy is the good economy technology is on our side those that will bet on the grey economy will have a grey future. And those that like in India are betting in the green economy will have a dominant role in the global economy in the decades to come. And this vision proves that it is absolutely possible at the same time to provide for the people of the country the jobs that are needed the perspectives of development are there necessary the conditions of well-being that are essential and simultaneously guarantee the harmony with nature of climate action as a priority and make the green economy the economy of India. And indeed and the Prime Minister I have 100 million LED light bulbs I learned it yesterday it's a remarkable achievement. Also the 40 million clean burning cook stoves in Indian homes when I was I commissioned for refugees in many refugee camps I saw the drama of women that had to go sometimes miles and miles to search for wood to be able to use their stoves in their small huts or their small houses and then to see the effect of the smoke of those stoves in the health of the children in the health of the parents. Now the truth is that with these clean burning cook stoves India is addressing indoor air pollution with effects women and children so acutely and it's another way to prove that the green economy is the good economy and the well-being economy. And of course let's not forget I was yesterday in the first General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance that was launched in Paris in 2015 during the climate talks by Prime Minister Modi and the President of France. It is a remarkable achievement. A coalition of 121 countries dedicated to harnessing solar energy around the world for the benefit of the people and the planet. That is absolutely clear solar energy became cheaper than the energy produced by coal by gas or by oil which means again that the climate action is the right approach not only from the point of view of the environment but from the point of view of the economy and development. And today indeed thanks to Prime Minister Modi's leadership India became the fourth largest producer and the fifth largest producer of renewable energy in the world and I believe that very soon the ranking will improve thanks to the enormous investments that are being made and the strong determination to mobilize the people of India. I must confess that the impact of Prime Minister Modi's decisions already reached the executive office of the United Nations. As it was mentioned during the World Environment Day celebrations Prime Minister Modi decided that India should get rid of single-use plastic in less than 5 years. Well in the executive office of the United Nations I decided to do it immediately and there is no single-use plastic in the executive office now and we drink water from a bottle of a jar coming from the tub and all those plastic bottles that are such a dramatic such a dramatic impact in pollution were eradicated thanks to the decision to follow the orientation that was given here in India in relation to your program. When I saw it this can be done in India I think it can be done immediately in New York in the executive office of the United Nations and this is the bold environmental leadership that the world needs and so please join me in honouring the 2018 champion of the hers for policy leadership Prime Minister Narendra Modi thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Guterres for your very inspiring words and also appreciating the efforts of our Honourable Prime Minister who is setting benchmarks and examples for the others to follow. Thanks sir. And ladies and gentlemen before we confer the award we would like to highlight here with a short video the inspiring views, the thoughtful approach and the leadership of our Prime Minister. Can we have the video please? Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. When that reflects on the service which our Honourable Prime Minister is doing to the Mother Earth and now the moment we request Mr. Erics Olheim and also Mr. Antonio Guterres to kindly confer the 2018 champions of the Earth award on the behalf of the Prime Minister. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Ladies and gentlemen please join us in extending this honour to our Honourable Prime Minister Shireen Narendra Modi the 2018 champions of the Earth award. May I request the dignitaries also may I request the Honourable Prime Minister and the others for the group photographs sir. If I can request for the group photograph. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Guterres. Thank you Mr. Aunty and I now take the privilege and Honour of requesting and inviting the 2018 champions of Earth award Shireen NarendraModiji to kindly address us all. His Excellency Antonio Guterresi, Sushma Swaraj Ji, Dr. Harshvardhan Ji, Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ji, United Nations Environment Program Executive Director, Eric Sholheim, Desh Swidesh Te Padhare, Atidhikaan, Deviya and Sajanam. I am grateful to the President of the United Nations for his respect. For us, it is a matter of pride that this event is being held on the land of India. And for this, the President of the United Nations himself came here. Eric and his entire team came. And as I have said earlier, this respect is a reward for the protection of the environment. Champions of the Earth Award. India's full-fledged, new-looking and old-fashioned tradition. The one who has seen God in nature. The one who has seen the five elements of the universe – earth, sky, fire, water, air – has been awarded the position of the President of the United Nations. These jungles of India are like those ordinary brothers and sisters who love jungles more than their lives. These jungles of India are like the sea and rivers and take as much as they take for the benefit of the world. These people must not have gone to school or college. But they used to stop the work of fishing. They used to stop their work.  They love this land more than their lives. These jungles of India are like that great woman whose life is full of reuse and recycle from centuries. She sees the form of God in her feet. She breaks Tulsi's leaves by counting them. She believes it is a good thing to give her a chinti. These jungles of India are like the people who are living their lives for the protection of nature and the environment. They are like the people who are living their lives for the protection of nature and the environment. They work for years in a village, a village, a mountain, a place, and they work for hundreds of people. For the sake of respect, I would like to say once again that I respect all of you. For the sake of respect, I would like to say once again that I respect all of you. Because Kochi Airport has also received an award. With this sustainable energy, it is the symbol of our promise. At this time, I congratulate all of my friends who have received this award in different directions in different countries of the world. I do this for the sake of India because the culture of climate and calamity is directly related to the culture of India. As long as the culture of the climate is not part of the culture, it is difficult to escape the calamity. Today, India is accepting the constitution of the environment. But as I said earlier, this has been a part of our daily life for thousands of years. And now that you have said this, we are a part of that society. First of all, after waking up in the morning, the earth is being forgiven from its mother. Because we are going to keep our feet on it. In one way, we are going to put our burden on the earth. Where have we gone? Samudra Bathane Devi Parvathashtanamandale Vishnu Patti Navasthubhyam Padas Prasamsabhaswame That means, this Samudra Bathane Devi Parvathashtanamandale Vishnu Patti Navasthubhyam Padas Prasamsabhaswame This Bhumi Devi, I greet you. Forgive me, because I am asking you to keep your feet on it. This Sambedra is a part of our daily life. To worship the trees and plants, to celebrate the season of death as a festival and a festival. To talk about the relationship between the people and the people. We have always considered nature as a living being, and not just a living being. We are the people who have considered nature as a living being and also considered life as a living being. Along with nature, along with this emotional relationship, we have always considered the work of the whole universe as a living being. This is the reason why we have gone to this festival. Om Dayo Shanti Ram Mantriksham Shanti Pruthvi Shanti Rapaah Shanti Raushadaya Shanti Manaspataya Shanti Vishvedeva Shanti Brahma Shanti Sarva Shanti Shanti Revah Shanti Sama Shanti Edviti Om Shanti Shanti Shanti In Satya Sanskut, in this world, the prayer of Paramatma is that there should be peace in the air, there should be peace in the air, there should be peace on the earth, there should be peace in the water, there should be peace in the air, there should be peace in the air, there should be peace in the earth, there should be peace in the air, there should be peace in all the celestial realms. It is not possible to get rid of this mantra for the complete universe peace in our whole universe.   And I am also sure that while wearing the uniform of Mahatma Gandhi, the new India will fulfill its dreams and will become a model for the world. To honor the efforts of India, I once again express my condolences to the President of the United States. By taking all of you out of this precious opportunity, this is my responsibility from the perspective of the person that we should not leave any shortcomings in fulfilling the dreams and that you have come to fulfill our dreams. That is why I would like to express my gratitude to all of you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I am Pratrithi's husband. He will always be our guide and guide. Thank you very much Prime Minister. May I request all the dignitaries to kindly step forward for a group photo. The highest environmental award of the United Nations, the champions of the Earth Award conferred upon the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modiji. A moment of great pride for all Indians. A moment to be savoured. A moment to be photographed and remembered for all times to come. India has taken several radical steps when it comes towards a responsibility towards the environment, one of which of course is what the Honorable Prime Minister was talking about, ensuring that India becomes single use plastic free by the year 2022. The Prime Minister dedicated this award to the Indian value system and indeed in our value there has always been respect for the environment. In our value system, our trees, the environment, the earth are treated like gods. Pratrithi's husband, Mr. Modiji, the Honorable Prime Minister, the Honorable Prime Minister, will be our guide and guide. Thank you very much.


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