# Opportunity **Domain:** Human development / Entrepreneurship / Social systems **Doc Type:** Canonical concept node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Opportunity is an actionable opening through which capability, access, timing, relationships, or tools can be converted into a new course of action. ## Mechanism and Significance Tools expand opportunity when they lower the cost of learning, production, coordination, or distribution. Networks expand it when people circulate information, trust, recommendations, and access. ## Evidence Boundary Possibility is not guarantee. People encounter unequal resources and constraints, and a tool's availability does not by itself produce the skill, time, support, or outcome required to use it. ## Relationships [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] · [[wiki/Agency|Agency]] · [[wiki/Generosity|Generosity]] · [[wiki/Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneurship]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “It is never too late to start. Today's tools offer more possibilities than at any time in history.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Emergence, Compounding Effort, and the Architecture of a Mission - Livestream (Aug 2016)* [[reminders/Opportunity/It Is Never Too Late to Start by Bryant McGill|It Is Never Too Late to Start by Bryant McGill]] > “A smartphone is a portal to opportunity. It holds more computing power than the systems that guided early moon missions, along with a studio, storefront, and publishing desk. Used with purpose, it can launch a business.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Money, Self-Worth, and Decentralized Opportunity, Part 2 - Livestream (Nov 2016)* [[reminders/Opportunity/A Smartphone Is a Portal to Opportunity by Bryant McGill|A Smartphone Is a Portal to Opportunity by Bryant McGill]] > “Following a strong intuition can open remarkable doors. A bold message sent on a hunch, or a chance contact answered against the odds, can change a life. Courage to act on a feeling is sometimes the first step of a great partnership.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Intimacy, Trust, and the Human Foundations of Business - Livestream (Jun 2016)* [[reminders/Opportunity/Courage to Act Opens Remarkable Doors by Bryant McGill|Courage to Act Opens Remarkable Doors by Bryant McGill]] > “Civilizations are renewed by the people the old order underestimated. A refugee becomes a founder the moment a nation gives that refugee room to build; America made that moment a national habit.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity (Oct 2026)* [[reminders/Opportunity/A Refugee Becomes a Founder When Given Room to Build by Bryant McGill|A Refugee Becomes a Founder When Given Room to Build by Bryant McGill]]