"Further follows former SAS sergeant-major Mark (Billy) Billingham as he reflects on elite operations, hard-earned life lessons, and his transition beyond the military, offering honest insights into resilience, leadership, and personal growth."
Further by Billy Billingham is an unflinching, absorbing continuation of the former SAS sergeant-major’s life story, offering readers a deeper look into the mindset, discipline, and resilience that shaped one of the UK’s best known special forces operatives. Clarity and directness make the book both gripping and accessible, balancing high-stakes action with thoughtful reflection.
Further does not romanticise hardship or heroism; instead, the authors presents Billingham’s experience around the world leading elite teams or navigating personal challenges, with honesty and humility. His stories carry weight, not because they are dramatic, but because they are real, grounded in lessons learned through adversity.
The book also explores the transition from military life to new roles in leadership, security, and eventually into television. Billingham’s insights into teamwork, mental toughness, and decision-making feel relevant beyond the battlefield. He manages to translate the ethos of special-forces into principles that can inspire readers in everyday life, without slipping too deeply into cliché or self-help territory.
Credit must go to Billingham’s co-author, Conor Woodman, who ensures the pacing in Further is tight, the anecdotes vivid, and the tone consistently engaging. Although fans of military memoirs will find plenty to appreciate, Further will also appeal to those interested in personal development and the psychology of high performance. Ultimately, Billingham delivers a compelling, grounded account of a life lived at the edge, one that encourages readers not only to understand his journey, but to consider how they might push themselves further in their own.
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A motivational guide that distils hard-won lessons into practical, life-changing advice from the most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader on TV's SAS: Who Dares Wins.
FURTHER shares ten key lessons that I have learned that help me live a better, more successful, happier life.
I have spent much of my life engaged in extreme combat, surviving battles all over the world during times of war. I've led gruelling SAS missions during military campaigns and conflicts in the most dangerous places. I have experienced life and death situations at close quarters, lost close friends and made enormous personal sacrifices in the name of protecting and serving my country.
After my military career ended, I became a bodyguard looking after A-list celebrities and now I am proud to work as Chief Instructor on Channel 4’s hit TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins which is based on elements from Special Forces Selection.
During my career, I have seen the best and worst of humanity. Despite coming from very humble beginnings, I have learned the hard way. I want to show you how, if I can go through all the shit that I went through, and still come out the other side, then maybe I can help you to see how you can too.
The insights I will share with you are simple and attainable. I will focus on how you can develop self-discipline and push yourself a little further every day in your quest to overcome many of the obstacles we all face in life.
Further features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Health & Fitness, Self Help and Personal Development, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Advice on careers and achieving success, Advice on careers and achieving success, Popular psychology, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude
Further is available in Hardback
Further was written by Billy Billingham and published by Ebury Spotlight an imprint of Ebury Publishing
Further has 282 pages
£19.80
