Dr. Jeffrey Edwards, MBA, CQF, CSSBBFounder & Chief Executive Officer, FFERM Technologies Inc. · founder of FFERM Technologies, an AI-powered Risk Intelligence Platform that lay

What personal sacrifices come with leadership? 🤔💼 #Leadership #PersonalGrowth

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief commentary, Dr. Jeffrey Edwards challenges the glamorous perception of leadership, emphasizing that being a boss carries personal costs. He explains that leaders often must suppress their immediate reactions, "bite their tongue," and detach personal feelings when faced with criticism or personal attacks. The discussion highlights the need for leaders to develop emotional resilience and the ability to withstand the pressures inherent in the leadership journey.

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Now, uh, leader— people think leadership is this glamorous thing that you can, you know, that you're the boss and that you can, you know, you can do this and do that. But, you know, like they say, it costs to be the boss. So there's a cost associated with that. And that cost sometimes is, uh, um, the cost is deeply personal sometimes because you have to sometimes bite your tongue. Sometimes you have to take things out of a personal context, even though they may be launched at you and you may have personal attacks levied against you. You have to make sure, though, that you can withstand some of the pressures that will be part of this leadership journey that you're on.