Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Man Who Learned to Talk From Howard, Reeg and Dave

Did you hear the one about the guy who learned how to make friends and influence people with the help of Howard Stern and David Letterman?

David Finch, a former marketing exec who has been dealing with the socially crippling aspects of Asperger’s syndrome, says he overcame his awkwardness by studying the top talk-show hosts.

Each star did one thing exceptionally well, Finch discovered. And by copying what they did, he began — for the first time in his life — to piece together a public personality for himself.

He’s just written a book — “The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband” — about his experience.

Read more of Matt Abraham's New York Post article HERE.

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