What are Miners’ Tools?
As miners were growing up as children, they many not have realized the inner strength and resources they were developing. For example, in their early years, Miners may have had an intense fear of making a mistake. Through extraordinary hard work and courage Miners grew to become very comfortable with mistakes. Mistakes became teachers to help them survive. This example is one of many resilient tools Miners develop that enable them to survive. Mining for Diamonds is a collection of eighteen tools Miners used to look within and turn their adversity around.
- Creativity
- Morality
- Crisis Relationships
- Humor
- Reverse Resolve
- Independence
- Risk Taking
- Initiative
- Role Models
- Insight
- Spirituality
- Intelligence
- Support Systems
- Luck
- Work
- Will, Perseverance & Determination

