16 • The Beacon February 6 , 2025
New book can help people prepare for retirement
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Jeff Drouhard of Wooster recently wrote “ Prepare for Retirement , Protect Your Future , How to Save , Invest and Grow Your Money on Your Way to Retirement .”
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Most people would like to save for retirement , but not everyone has an idea how to do it . Jeff Drouhard had a good view of that happening .
The Wooster resident has been involved in the insurance industry for three decades . He recently began to sense a gap in the area of personal finance and saving . Many people simply lacked information about how to save and prepare for their lives beyond the working years .
With that in mind , Drouhard wrote “ Prepare for Retirement , Protect Your Future , How to Save , Invest and Grow Your Money on Your Way to Retirement .”
“ I wanted to take my business to more than just ‘ I want to put you in a product ,’” he said . “ Maybe I can just move the needle a little . It ’ s been in my heart for years . Then my wife said , ‘ Why don ’ t you just write a book about it .’ I ’ ve taken courses upon courses and been trained by economists and CEOs and what-not . You might get one idea out of chapter five , or somebody might get two ideas out of chapter seven . There ’ s something for everyone .”
Drouhard covers such topics as IRAs , 401 ( k )’ s and getting money working for you . He discusses preparation for the unforeseen — things that could dash retirement plans no matter how well conceived they are .
He also covers saving for retirement , even as
“ I want to keep going on the path I ’ m on . I ’ d like to get into public speaking on this stuff too .”
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a late entrant into that game . Most suggest saving for retirement for a lifetime , but Drouhard believes it ’ s never too late .
“ That was my message : Don ’ t think you ’ re too old because you ’ re not ,” he said . “ What if you took that 50 bucks every week and put it into a savings account , something that grows money ? You want it to grow . Who knows what
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Once he had the idea , Drouhard hit the ground running and put the book together in just a few months . He got an outline together and then would sit down in the evening for hours and type .
“ It was really cool ,” he said . “ At first I didn ’ t think I was worthy of doing something like that .”
Using a self-publishing company in Summit County , Drouhard had 100 copies of the paperback printed . One from the original run was overnighted to him , and he was beaming .
“ I opened it up and read it , and I said , ‘ Man , this is mine ; this is really cool ,’” he said .
Drouhard , who is using local marketing channels to sell his book , said he hopes to get it on Amazon and local stores . The 61-year-old said he would be happy to sell 300 or 400 of them . He plans on having a booth at the Wayne County Fair next year .
“ Trying to market is not easy ,” said Drouhard , who added he ’ d like to have an ebook version at some point . “ I ’ m not expecting to be a New York Times bestseller .”
With his first book in print , the 61-year-old is already thinking about another .
“ There will be a follow-up ,” he said . “ I want to keep going on the path I ’ m on . I ’ d like to get into public speaking on this stuff too .”
For more information or to get a copy of Drouhard ’ s book , email him at j . drouhard @ yahoo . com .