Further: 10 lessons the SAS taught me about life
By (Author) Billy Billingham
Ebury Publishing
Ebury Spotlight
9th November 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Advice on careers and achieving success
Hardback
304
Width 156mm, Height 240mm, Spine 40mm
750g
A motivational guide that distils hard-won lessons into practical, life-changing advice from the most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader and SAS instructor and star of SAS Who Dares Wins. Always a Little Further is a motivational guide that distils hard-won lessons into practical, life-changing advice, inspired by the many interactions Billy has with people who ask what it means to lead, and what it takes. Always a Little Further harnesses clear life lessons from Billy's career - on the front line, and in front of, as well as behind, the camera, not to mention developing street smarts in his early years - showing how small, intentional actions can lay the groundwork for life-changing breakthroughs. Told in Billy's unique style, blending toughness with compassion, it will present a powerful message of self-acceptance, self-discipline, and sustainable ambition. A call to action for anyone ready to reclaim their potential - as Billy says, motivation needs to be grown like a muscle! Always a Little Further will teach readers to see success at life like an SAS mission - teaching adaption, flexibility and confidence in decision making.
Billy Billingham MBE joined the Parachute Regiment in 1983 before joining the SAS in 1991 as a Mountain Troop specialist and has been responsible for planning and executing strategic operations and training at the highest level in numerous locations (Iraq, Afghanistan, South America and Africa) and has led countless hostage rescues. After his military career, Billy became a bodyguard to the famous such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sir Michael Caine, Jude Law, Kate Moss, Russell Crowe and Tom Cruise. He has also led anti-poaching initiatives in Africa, and undertaken hurricane relief work in Haiti. He is the lead instructor in Channel Four's hit series SAS- Who Dares Wins and Who Dares Wins USA/World's Toughest Test.