Five Steps to a Stronger Financial Plan One way I’ve helped myself answer these questions is to sit down and write the eulogy that I would want someone to read at my funeral. Profit and prosper ...

When former president Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer almost a decade ago, he asked Walter Mondale, his vice president and lifelong friend, to write a eulogy for his funeral.

Writing a eulogy is a challenging and emotional task. You want to honor the memory of your loved one, but you also want to be honest and authentic. How do you balance praise and honesty in a eulogy?

His son, Ted, will deliver the eulogy today at Carter's state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. “I presume that Carter asked my dad to write a eulogy and to give it at his funeral ...