What Makes People Special | Dave Dahl | TEDxWichitaStateUniversity

Life presents us with an endless array of opportunities for joy and fulfillment. Many of us, however, resign ourselves to an unsatisfying, even mundane existence as if it were preordained. It is not. Being special is not the providence of the gifted, the privileged or the wealthy. To the contrary, it is within all of us, regardless of who we are, what we have accumulated and what we look like.  Dave Dahl is the Judge of Division 2 of the Sedgwick County District Court. He was formerly a partner with the law firm of Johnson, Kennedy, Dahl & Willis, specializing in employment law and small business start-ups, where he helped start over 1,000 businesses. Dave continues to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sedgwick County Law Library, and is a former member of the Wichita Bar Association Board of Governors. He is currently on the board for the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Sedgwick County Zoo. Dave received his undergraduate and Master’s degree in Business from Wichita State University, and his law degree from Washburn University. He has been a radio color commentator on the WSU basketball games for 36 years, and he was inducted into the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame on July 31, 2010 for his broadcasting. Dave has taught “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” at WSU for the past thirty-eight (38) years, and is an award-winning Adjunct Professor. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx