Welcome to the Champion Mindset Collective

Sean SElby

Resilience Advocate, Programmer, Mentor, & Founder of BetterConvo

Sean Selby is a resilience advocate whose journey, from serving an 11-year prison sentence to becoming a successful programmer, exemplifies the power of a champion mindset.

While incarcerated, he earned two diplomas with top grades and mentored fellow inmates, laying the groundwork for his transformation. Upon release, he completed a Bachelor of Business at Massey University and led a 30-person logistics and manufacturing team.

After rediscovering his passion for technology, Sean graduated from Take2’s coding boot camp and founded BetterConvo, an AI-driven app for empathetic communication.

He now mentors Māori business students and has joined Take2 as Student Success Lead, guiding others from adversity to achievement.

Read more about Sean here....www.seanselby.co.nz/about/

BetterConvo App - Try it now

BetterConvo is a web app that helps people prepare for challenging conversations using empathy and AI.

It’s super easy 🤗

You enter a situation, select a feeling, and make a request. The app then generates a script to help you approach the kōrero with clarity and care.

Done! ✅

Big shoutout to Zac T. from ImpactLab for helping me prioritise high-impact changes, and to Jared Pinfold at Dev Academy and Richard Hape at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation for their insights on how to pitch, present, and respond to audience feedback - all of which I’ll been putting into practice! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

👉 Try out BetterConvo here: https://lnkd.in/giMK29V8

S2-E134 - From Prisoner to Programmer - Transforming Adversity into Success

In this powerful and heartfelt episode of the Champion Mindset Collective, host Anthony Dahya sits down with Sean Selby, a man whose life journey takes us from the depths of trauma, incarceration, and self-doubt to hope, education, and personal transformation.

Sean opens up about his early struggles with identity, his experiences with abuse, and the decisions that led him to prison.

He and Anthony reflect on the power of education, mentorship, and vulnerability in healing and growth. They also dive into the challenges of reintegrating into society after incarceration, the stigma of criminal records, and how both men found purpose through pain.

This is a raw, real, and redemptive conversation that shows the human capacity to change, and the courage it takes to believe in yourself again.

Learn how Sean used his time behind bars to rebuild his identity, earn qualifications, and step into a new chapter as a leader and role model.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating change, healing from trauma, or chasing a second chance.