Rich Monday Paper- How to Build Your Legacy

This week, we invite you to pause and reflect on what it truly means to build a legacy. In 2025, the idea of building a legacy has evolved. It’s no longer solely about wealth, lineage, or leaving something behind, but how you show up while you are here. A legacy today is lived, not just left. It’s measured in the quiet impact you have on others, the values you uphold, and the way you navigate a world that is shifting faster than ever.

Influence is no longer reserved for the elite or the famous, it belongs to those who dare to live intentionally. Whether you’re leading a business, raising a family, creating art, mentoring the next generation, or simply choosing to live with kindness and purpose, you’re already shaping your legacy. Every conversation, every choice, every time you say yes to what matters (and no to what doesn’t), you are laying the foundation for something lasting.

Technology may be advancing rapidly, but the true markers of legacy remain timeless: integrity, creativity, generosity, courage. In 2025, legacy is less about monuments and more about moments—how you make people feel, the problems you help solve, the ideas you nurture, and the world you help build.

This year, more people are turning inward, asking: What am I really leaving behind? Not just in the material sense, but in how they’re remembered and what values they pass on. Whether it’s starting a sustainable business, mentoring someone in your field, restoring a family home, writing a book, or planting a garden that will bloom long after you’re gone—every small act contributes.

Legacy in 2025 is about showing up with purpose, living fully aligned with what matters most, and knowing that the ripple effects of your life might reach further than you’ll ever know. And that? That’s the kind of success worth building.

Rick Stein – a man whose name is synonymous with not just seafood and television, but with timeless dedication. Fifty years of running a business that has become part of the British culinary fabric. His legacy is not only in his food, but in the way he’s lived: with purpose, creativity, and commitment to craft. In this 62nd edition of Rich Monday Paper, we put together the pieces of legacy- building. We explore the lifestyle habits that shape the long game: from longevity hacks to gardens that breathe life into daily routines, to the blooming magic of tulips across Europe – including the destinations that must top your travel list this spring.

The Corner Office Legacy

In Conversation with Dame Neslyn Watson-Druée on legacy building we explore How to Develop Lasting Relationships in the Digital Age. Dame Neslyn has spent decades mentoring leaders, coaching executives, and supporting communities. “In the end,” she says, “it is not what you have achieved that matters most, but who you have become in relation to others. How deeply you loved. How fiercely you listened. How generously you gave of your time and presence.”

Her advice for women navigating the digital world is not to disconnect, but to reconnect to themselves, to each other and to what truly matters. “The digital world is obsessed with numbers, followers, likes, views. But relationships thrive on depth, not volume,” she says. “Nurture a handful of real connections. Be intentional. Show up with love. Send a message just to check in. Ask about the things that matter.”

Inspired by cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova who flew a solo mission to space in 1963, six extraordinary women will board Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket for an 11-minute suborbital journey that will take them to the edge of space and back. It’s a flight that lasts less than a coffee break but beyond the controversy, it can change the narrative on space travel.

EU Focus- What We Love This Week

In our EU Focus, we spotlight the quiet but steady new beginnings shaping the continent, from environmental shifts in agriculture to the role of gardening in longevity. And in Good News We Love, we uncover moments of joy, innovation and progress.

Amidst it all, there’s good news to celebrate. The UK economy grew by a surprising 0.5% in February, far outpacing expectations. January’s growth has been revised up too, marking a shift in the tide and offering a renewed sense of confidence. In retail, London’s Bond Street has reclaimed its title as Europe’s most expensive shopping street, highlighting a fresh burst of energy in luxury demand.

Elsewhere in the business world, Prada has snapped up Versace in a bold €1.25bn move, setting the tone for a new era in European fashion consolidation. As the beauty industry continues to evolve, Trinny London’s bold move signals confidence in its data-led, customer-first model and a belief that its message of simplified, empowering beauty can cross borders just as easily as it crossed screens.

Booths revamps its loyalty scheme and Marks Electrical has reported record sales in its pre-close trading update for the financial year ending 31 March, with revenues rising 2.6% to £117.2 million. The online electricals retailer also posted an EBITDA of £4.2 million, underscoring strong operational performance despite a challenging retail environment.

The growth reflects the company’s ongoing focus on customer service, efficient delivery, and a curated product range that continues to attract value-conscious consumers- stories that speak not just of strategy, but of the vision needed to carve out something that lasts.

Your Capsule Wardrobe This Weeks

Made possible by by Louis Vuitton, The Met Gala 2025 Superfine: Tailoring Black Style is inspired by Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Exploring the importance of sartorial style to the formation of Black identities, this is a dazzling displays of fashion’s biggest night. As we await the dazzling displays of fashion’s biggest night, let the Met Gala’s theme inspire you to explore the art of tailoring in your own style journey. After all, fashion is most empowering when it is “tailored for you.” Your Capsule Wardrobe This Weeks brings you a few surprising truths we curated for your own style.

Europe Most Enchanting Spring Destinations

This week we went where the Tulips bloom: We curated the most enchanting Spring Destinations in Europe: from Keukenhof Gardens to The Alnwick Garden to capture this brief moment of natural beauty that only tulips mirror…Tulips don’t last long. Their season is brief, which is why they touch something so human in us. To walk among them is a kind reminder that life, too, is a brief bloom and that there is courage in beauty, softness in strength and renewal in returning to what makes us feel alive.

Happy Table- Slow Cooking

This week we look with excitement at the Sunday Lunch this Easter , a cherished ritual, a time to slow down and share a hearty, home-cooked meal with loved ones. We curated the things to avoid when hosting an Easter Party at home. Meanwhile Happy Table team brings you The Healing Foods You Already Know—and Some You Don’t

Let’s strip back the noise and come home to what we intuitively know: food can heal us. Here are a few anti-inflammatory powerhouses that not only soothe the body but also nourish the soul gentle and nourishing 3-Day Anti-Inflammatory Reset Plan—designed not to overwhelm, but to support and soothe your body. No calorie counting, no extremes—just whole, healing foods that help your body exhale.

The Reading and Writing Room

What confusion, technology, politics and noise have in common? Tim Marshall reminds us of one timeless truth: the shape of the land still shapes the fate of nations. Celebrating 10 years since Marshall’s book Prisoners of Geography have become essential reading not just for diplomats and military strategists, but for ordinary men who want to understand leadership, risk and opportunity in a world that feels increasingly unpredictable.

This issue is a reminder that a legacy isn’t built overnight. It’s a series of small, intentional steps. A garden planted. A business nurtured. A new idea turned reality. It’s what you leave behind in others, your family, your readers, your customers, your community.

So ask yourself: What legacy am I building today?

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