He lost his marriage. He nearly lost his mind. But he never lost the will to get back up. From the depths of personal collapse—divorce, PTSD, a jail cell, and a shattered career—William Long Jr. clawed his way back from rock bottom. Lead Anyway is the raw, unfiltered story of how failure became his greatest teacher, pain became a forge, and leadership was reborn through the fire of humility. This isn’t a feel-good leadership book. It’s a battle-tested blueprint for rebuilding your life with nothing but truth, grit, and purpose. Through military combat, law enforcement trauma, public disgrace, and personal reckoning, Long tells the truth about what it really takes to lead yourself—and others—when everything’s fallen apart.
You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t even need to be okay. You just need to show up. And Lead Anyway.