Vets2Success and Reveille Meals

About this Episode

Today we are honored to host Bryan Jacobs on the show. Bryan, is a former Navy Veteran and the founder of “Reveille Meals”. Bryan struggled in business and had some great opportunities.  Today Bryan will talk about his learnings from the failures and his success story.

Key Points of Discussion

• Bryan’s life story
• Selection in Navy
• Transition out of the Navy
• Getting into culinary business
• Success stories of Veterans
• Advice for the Veterans

Key Milestones of this Episode

[01:24] Bryan Jacobs life story

[04:35] Selection in Navy

[10:36] Bryan’s transition

[16:39] Struggle with life

[18:31] Being a Chef

[20:57] Starting of new program

[24:07] New Concept of Virtual restaurant

[27:57] Success stories

[31:43] Experimenting with microgreens

[33:47] Advice for the Veterans

Key Quotes

1. “When your whole life has been put into the military your mind thinks differently.   Your integrity, your attitude, your core values, all these things have been remodeled, the teenager you were, you are unrecognizable and you don’t even recognize yourself.”
2. “In order to see someone grow you have to change their behavior. You got to change the way they do things. You have to change the way they live their lives.”
3. “This program is supposed to change the way you look at your life and give you something to live for, find your purpose again and teach you about your identity.”
4. “We’re just used to getting our hands dirty and making things happen all the time.”
5. “We’ve taken so much from the ground and we have enough back that we have to let it sit and we have to come up with new Innovative approaches in order to discontinue to hurt the land we love.”
6. “I would say, you know, find out who you are first”

About Our Guest  

He is not your average cook, Navy Corpsman turned Chef visionary. Bryan never knew that life would have taken him down the roller coaster he has traveled, to serving in combat in Iraq to cooking for a president to graduating from one of the world’s most prestigious culinary schools in the world, to now changing the lives of his brothers and sisters looking for identity through food. What’s next for him? To continue to serve his passion and purpose.

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