"First port of call" for employment matters. Ranked in top category for employment lawyers.
"At the top of the market for employment law advice on the Isle of Man"
Inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Isle of Man Employment Law. "The Legal 500 Hall of Fame highlights individuals who have received constant praise by their clients for continued excellence. The Hall of Fame highlights, to clients, the law firm partners who are at the pinnacle of the profession. The criteria for entry is to have been recognised by The Legal 500 United Kingdom as one of the elite leading lawyers for eight of the last ten years".
Ranked as Band 1 lawyer for Employment; "He regularly handles high level departure work and is hailed by sources as a 'first class and absolutely brilliant practitioner'"
"The highly respected John Aycock is praised by peers for his 'sensible and measured' approach to employment law. He offers a wealth of knowledge on contentious matters, including restrictive covenant litigation and unfair dismissal." Band 1 ranked lawyer.
Rated as "leading individual" for Employment; "provides wise and sound advice to employers and employees"
Ranked as Band 1 lawyer for Employment; "very capable... is quick on the uptake and very practically minded".
"Clients like John Aycock of M&P Legal 'due to his knowledge, expertise and efficiency'. He is renowned for his expertise in employment matters and is adept at acting for clients involved in professional negligence cases"
Rated as "Star Individual" for Employment. "...a great lawyer... probably considered one of the leading employment lawyers on the Island. He truly is an employment specialist"
Rated as "leading individual" for Employment and "particularly active in high level terminations"
Rated as "Star Individual" in Employment; lauded for his "specialist comprehensive and thoughtful advice. He has excellent knowledge of employment law on the Isle of Man and how it interrelates with England. He is able to challenge issues and understand where we are coming from as a client. He is especially great at uncovering arcane and little-known bits of caselaw and legislation that often help our cause".
continues to receive effusive praise and is indisputably regarded as the island's leading light for all areas of employment law - Rated as "Star Individual" in Employment.
Rated as "Star Individual" in Employment; "unanimously regarded as one of the leading practitioners in the area and is hailed for his pragmatic, excellent advice."
Rated as "Star Individual" in Employment; "Peers greatly respect him, and clients enthuse that 'he is absolutely excellent in every respect. I cannot stress how highly we recommend him'."
Rated as a "Band 1 Lawyer" in dispute resolution and "one of the two or three leading employment lawyers on the Island"
"the most experienced labour lawyer practising on the Island" and "a hard-working and proactive lawyer, who is always thoroughly prepared"
"has a wealth of experience and fights his client's corner fairly and without fuss".
John Aycock is praised for "explaining the legal standpoint in a straightforward and accessible manner" and provides "timely and appropriate advice" and is "exceptionally well prepared for every eventuality".
John Aycock is a "real strength and leading light", widely respected for his litigation practice and "A highly regarded litigator who is very strong on employment matters".
Ranked as the leading Isle of Man individual for Employment, "One of the three Manx gurus in employment law .... has a strong following of commercial employers".
"He's forthright and straightforward and good in the courtroom" and "He understands the commercial realities of a position and can put them into a legal context"
"One of the Island's premier names for employment advice"
Recommended for being "helpful and easy to relate to" and for being "straightforward and honest in his opinions"
Recommended for "prompt, very clear advice"
Recommended as a "good litigator with an excellent court manner." Clients praised his "careful and assiduous" demeanour, with one confirming that "everything is done exactly as you asked it to be done, and done extremely promptly!"
Recommended for Dispute Resolution for ability to "really put you at ease with his excellent communication skills". Ranked as leader in field.
Described as "on the ball, practical and a gifted communicator"
Leading individual (litigation) and leader in offshore "his tough but fair approach and sound knowledge of the law has impressed market observers".
Recommended for commercial litigation "excellent"
Recommended for commercial litigation as a "strong advocate" and "has an excellent reputation on the island and is highly popular with clients"
Winner of the Isle of Man Law Society George Johnson Law Prize 2011 for an essay on: "In civil trials how should the court balance the need for expedition with the need for justice"
Inquest re AW (5 to 7 February 2019); Three day inquest into the death of a 32 year old woman in hospital after elective gynaecological surgery. Expert evidence provided as to cause of a post-operative cardiac arrest and possible link with pre-existing asymptomatic left bundle branch block. Coroner satisfied that pre-operative, operative and post-operative care was appropriate in the circumstances and that the cardiac arrest was sudden and unexpected. Coroner concluded that inquest did not need to be conducted as Article 2 compliant, but the same ground was in any event covered in the full and detailed inquiry into the facts. Narrative verdict recorded.
Inquest re MAC (30 May to 4 June 2018); Inquest heard over five days into death of nine month old infant following perinatal asphyxia at birth. Detailed medical evidence analysed certain failures and expert evidence received as to delivery timing and need for expedition. Narrative verdict with finding of neglect surrounding failures on day of birth, causative of the subsequent death. Nine Rule 34 Reports made by Coroner.
Inquest re RAW (18-20 October 2017); Article 2 inquiry into death of a 28 year old woman who was detained under the Mental Health Act. Substantial history of mental illness and self harm issues. Observation levels gradually reduced from eyesight to intermittent after clinical and risk assessments. Tourniquet self harm incident, CPR given but hypoxic related death followed five days later in hospital. Substantial evidence of previous similar incidents. Evidence given as to the importance of therapeutic engagement as part of observation. CCTV evidence of observations and movements. Coroner recorded open verdict with brief narrative as unable to determine the deceased's intentions.
Inquest re PJH (19-20 September 2017); Death of a 49 year old prisoner from Sepsis caused by peritonsillar abscess (quinsy), a rare condition. Initially treated for flu-like symptoms at prison healthcare then, on rapid deterioration, admitted to Emergency Department at hospital. During this process a temporary release licence was granted by prison. No mandatory empanelling of jury required as death was not while in prison custody. After hearing clinical evidence, Coroner satisfied that death was from natural causes and no evidence of sub-standard care. Accordingly Article 2 not engaged even though prisoner may have been in state detention (following Tyrrell v HM Senior Coroner County Durham and Darlington  EWHC 1892 (Admin)). Verdict of death by natural causes recorded.
Inquest re PFAQ (3-5 & 12 April 2017); Four-day inquiry into the death of a 70 year old farmer a week after his admission to hospital with various chest pains, occasionally pleuritic. Diagnoses of acute coronary syndrome and pulmonary embolism ruled out by Troponin result and CTPA scan respectively. Working diagnosis of pneumonia. Second chest x-ray and further review of CTPA scan together with transthoracic echocardiogram and involvement of consultant cardiologist combine to give diagnosis of ascending thoracic aortic dissection. Death from irreversible cardiac arrest occurred before transfer to a tertiary centre could be effected. Expert cardiology evidence as to rarity of acute aortic syndrome and it being a classic mimicker of other conditions (acute coronary syndrome being 800 times more common). No contributory systemic failures or neglect found. Recommendation made by Coroner as to a review of radiology resourcing. Verdict of death by natural causes recorded.
Inquest re TDCG (2 & 8 February 2017); Two-day inquest into the death in hospital of a 72 year old man 11 days after a fall downstairs. Evidence given as to diagnosis of spinal fractures with no neurological deficit. After close observation in intensive care and gradual mobilisation a rapid deterioration ensued with tetraplegia and pneumonia. Coroner unable to make finding as to pathology of secondary injury. Article 2 not engaged. Verdict of accidental death recorded.
Inquest re TSO (16 January 2017); Inquiry into the death by hanging in a residential care home of a 30 year old woman with extensive mental health history. Recent discharge from acute psychiatric state facility to private residential care home. No grounds for state detention. Article 2 not engaged. Verdict of suicide recorded.
Inquest re SJC (21 November 2016 - 5 December 2016); Article 2 inquiry into death of a 28 year old man suspected of concealing illicit drugs internally. Death occurred while detained in hospital under police watch. Issues as to police operating procedure for such suspects particularly relating to observations and strip search provisions. Jury inquest held over 11 days. Narrative verdict returned by jury finding that death was accidental contributed to by neglect in respect of police practice and procedure. Jury found that deceased retrieved internally concealed cocaine and consumed it while under police observation. This caused cocaine toxicity and accidental death. Three Rule 34 recommendations made by the Coroner.
Inquest re AJB (8 August 2016); Death of 66 year old in-patient who suffered secondary haemorrhage; recent fall but no signs of cerebral trauma. Verdict of death due to natural causes recorded.
Inquest re WAW (29 February-3 March 2016); Inquiry into the death by hanging of a 35 year old voluntary in-patient at an acute psychiatric ward. Article 2 potentially engaged. Issues as to disclosure of ideation and the hospital's observations policy. Narrative verdict of the deceased taking his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed, contributed to by neglect being gross systemic failure in the basic care provided.
Inquest re MBR (13-16 October 2015); Death of 72 year old in hospital after septic shock caused by septicaemia and bone marrow failure. Issues as to out patient blood testing and monitoring, internal and external communications between hospitals, GP's and community nurses and treatment according to Sepsis Six protocol. Expert evidence as to haematological issues and whether interventions would have altered the outcome; causation issue found to be too speculative. Verdict of natural causes with seven Rule 34 recommendations made by Coroner of Inquests.
MVL v A (8 September 2015); Professional negligence allegations raised relating to veterinary clinical treatment of pet dog, recovery from surgical excision of mammary masses and suture removal. Held that failure to adduce independent expert evidence to support a claim of clinical negligence is fatal to the claim; allegations dismissed.
Inquest re JFK (2 July 2015); Death of 87 year old in hospital following fractured neck of femur caused by fall at home. Medical evidence as to problems of immobility balanced against risks of hemiarthroplasty surgery. Narrative verdict recording death from respiratory system decompensation with chronic pulmonary and cardiac diseases and possible presence of pulmonary embolism, following stress induced from necessary surgery.
Inquest re LJF (25-26 June 2015); Death of 29 year old following ingestion of combination of prescription and other drugs. Medical evidence as to difficulties caused by illicit drugs. No evidence of intention. Expert forensic toxicologist evidence as to therapeutic levels of Pregabalin and Methadone. Verdict of accidental death recorded.
Inquest re IJA (21 May 2015, Manchester Coroner's Court); Expert evidence on diagnosis of aortic dissection and myocardial infarction, relevance of aortic valve replacement and Troponin levels and rarity of dissection. Issues of transfer from offshore hospital to tertiary centre. Narrative verdict.
Inquest re KAK (6 May 2015); Death of 74 year old recorded as suicide while the balance of mind was disturbed. Evidence heard as to clinical assessment and mental health issues including compulsory detention not being appropriate.
Inquest re MAM (19 November 2014); Death of 51 year old following excessive ingestion of pregabalin and other CNS depressant drugs. Expert evidence as to medical cause of death focusing on rarity of fatal pregabalin toxicity where sole agent, contribution of coronary heart disease and synergistic effect of pregabablin, codeine, buprenorphine and other CNS depressant drugs to enhance toxic effects on cardiorespiratory system. Verdict of death by misadventure recorded.
Inquest re TJD (5-7 November 2014); Three day inquest involving police and medical evidence. Expert evidence as to emergency psychiatric assessments, acute stress reaction following job loss and other factors, Mental Health Act detention and patient confidentiality thresholds. Death of 18 year old recorded as suicide.
Inquest re BDH (14-17 October 2014); Death by hanging in acute psychiatric ward. Issues as to anti-ligature installations and audits. Four day inquest. Article 2 engaged. Narrative verdict of suicide contributed to by neglect being gross systemic failure with one Rule 34 recommendation made by Coroner.
Inquest re HCK (16 September 2014); Multiple organ failure with unknown origin. Detailed review of GP and hospital treatment. Coroner satisfied as to standard of care and DNAR procedures. Natural causes verdict.
Inquest re WIH (25 April 2014); Death caused by reaction to septic shock following elective hernia operation. Expert evidence on medical issues arising including self discharge process. Narrative verdict.
Inquest re DWC (24 April 2014); Death following abdominal surgery, expert evidence on management of dehiscence. Narrative verdict.
Inquest re MJD (24 February to 19 March 2014); Jury inquest into a death in detention held over 3 weeks with some 70 witnesses; Article 2 ECHR engaged. Jury found accidental death contributed to by neglect. Detailed evidential analysis of Police Forensic Medical Examiner processes, transfer of medical information from police custody to prison health care, internal prison systems as to health care and emergency resuscitation procedures. Narrative verdict and fifteen Rule 34 recommendations made by Coroner of Inquests.
Kelly & Cowin v Department of Community, Culture and Leisure (Isle of Man Employment Tribunal, 18 March 2014); Five-day hearing of two unfair dismissal test cases representative of 63 bus driver Claimants. To effect contract change, contracts were terminated but all Claimants then re-engaged on new contracts; reason for dismissal accepted as Some Other Substantial Reason. Issues as to fairness and procedure adopted by employer. Majority decision to reject unfair dismissal claims: sound business need to make changes was established (budgetary reductions) and re-engagement terms were well within band of reasonable responses. English case law applied as material to the issues. Full judgment comprises 206 pages.
Inquest re CB (16 January 2014); Narrative verdict on DVT death following fractured fibula. No clear evidence as to necessity of thromboprophylaxis. Rule 34 Coronial recommendation as to nature of hospital's plaster cast advice sheet.
Hromcova v CDPL (11 December 2013); Clinical negligence claim. Setting aside of default judgment, substitution of defendant. Combination of two-fold application serves the overriding objective.
Inquests re AS (2 October 2013) and re NEK (9 October 2013); Coronial inquiries into accidental and natural causes deaths respectively; effect of erroneous posthumous drugs test results. Appeared for Department of Health.
Macdonald v CDPL (9 October 2013); Corporate administration entity not the correct defendant to clinical negligence claim.
Scarffe & Others v Department of Community, Culture and Leisure (Isle of Man Employment Tribunal, 20 June 2013); Preliminary hearing on point of law involving 23 unlawful deduction from wages claims. Section 21(6)(e) Employment Act 2006 construed with assistance from British caselaw (Sunderland Polytechnic v Evans (1993) LRLR 196 EAT). Amounts deducted by employer on account of workers having taken part in strike action are contractual issues for the court, the Employment Tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear such claims; 23 claim forms dismissed accordingly.
Campbell & Others v Department of Community, Culture & Leisure (Isle of Man Employment Tribunal, 2 May 2013); Jurisdictional issues regarding six claim forms, common respondent. Five claims rejected as out of time, one accepted. Analysis of correct statutory gateway. Overriding objective does not widen statutory gateway.
Inquest re CJB (18 March 2013) Reported in 2013 MLR N-6; Isle of Man's first Article 2 (European Convention on Human Rights) inquest held over 5 days. European and English caselaw construed and applied and Article 2 engaged.
Bryan v Waterman LLC (14 March 2012); Successful defence of challenge to Court's jurisdiction; the Overriding Objective should be applied to assessment of the appropriate forum for a dispute; Azerbaijan not a clearly and distinctly more appropriate forum than Isle of Man; Manx Court's jurisdiction over Isle of Man company is founded as of right.
Department of Economic Development v Work Permit Appeal Tribunal & Simons; Staff of Government Division  MLR 376 Appeal Court decision on a point of law appeal in connection with work permit appeal procedures; definition of rehearing; impact of 2009 High Court rules; work permit legislation and previous caselaw construed.
Mawdsley v Department of Economic Development (23 November 2010) Isle of Man Work Permit Appeal Tribunal; procedural issues, Article 6 rights, Ladd v Marshall, Wednesbury test.
Nielsen v Zurich Employment Services Limited (5 November 2009) Isle of Man Employment Tribunal; successful defence of unfair dismissal and race discrimination tribunal claims.
Petition of Wisdom (March 2009); proceedings on behalf of Sir Norman Wisdom OBE.
Appeal Petition of Thomas re: Department of Education (9 January 2009) (Staff of Government Division, unrep) successful defence of Work Permit Appeal Tribunal decision appeal to High Court.
Lowe v CPL Industries Limited; Employment Tribunal (30 April 2008) pre-hearing assessment on jurisdictional matters, costs warning given. Appeared for Respondent.
Arthur-v-DHSS (CLD) 2008 MLR N  successfully defending consultant orthopaedic surgeon against clinical negligence allegations; burden of proof, standard of duty of care discussed and assessment of conflicting expert medical evidence as to treatment of fractured tibia.
Petition of Seamark Trust Company (CI) Limited CP 2007/7 (unrep) October 2007 corporate trustee invoking s.61 Trustee Act 1961 relief before Chancery Division.
Appeal petition of the Department of Education (IOM Government) 2 DS 2006/22 (unrep) Judgment of 1 June 2007 successful appeal on point of law re refusal of work permit.
Salih v DHSS & Others; Employment Tribunal (20 May 2007) successfully obtaining costs award against applicant.
Huang v Pisces Limited; Employment Tribunal (18 Oct 2006) successful defence of unfair dismissal claim.
In Re Romina Properties Ltd & Others (2005-06) MLR N-35; successfully obtaining indemnity costs award in favour of political leader client.
In Re Z Trust (8 March 2006) (unrep) Trustee discretion in context of freezing order and Californian proceedings, court considering not a fraud on the power.
In Re Romina Properties Ltd & Others (2005-06) MLR N-29 Judgment 9 Feb 2006 (as co-counsel); successfully acting for a political leader in a liquidator's petition seeking court sanction of compromise. Specific discovery application (3 June 2005) unreported.
Petition of Emma Schmidt CP 2000/198 (as co-counsel) Estate claim; various reported and unreported judgments from 2001-2005, latterly In re Schmidt (2005-07) MLR N-25.
Arquebus Limited v Rafter & Others (2003-05 MLR N-30) leave to serve out of jurisdiction; retrospective grant; lis alibi pendens.
In Re Bellew Mortgages Limited and Snaefell Mortgages Limited (2003-05 MLR N-31) appointment of receivers over company under s.42 High Court Act 1991; factors considered.
Financial Supervision Commission v Hirst & Lewin 37 MLB 19 director's disqualification proceedings.
Financial Supervision Commission v Brew 36 MLB 10 director's disqualification proceedings.
Financial Supervision Commission v Mellor & Gelling 36 MLB 1 director's disqualification proceedings.
Brew v Church Commissioners for Isle of Man 3 May 2002 (unrep) pastoral Measure 1983; Diocese of Sodor and Man; Judgment of HH Deemster Cain, acting for Church Commissioners in ecclesiastical law matter.
Re Blayney and Grace (2001 – 03) MLR 13 disclosure request from overseas authority, bankers' books.
Financial Supervision Commission v O'Donnell (2001 – 03) MLR N-21; 35 MLB 12 director's disqualification proceedings.
Financial Supervision Commission v Cunningham CP 2001/60 (unrep) 4 Jul 2001 director's disqualification proceedings.
Financial Supervision Commission v Howard (2001-03) MLR N-1; 34 MLB 21 director's disqualification proceedings.
Walker v Moynihan (2001-03) MLR N-7 contract limitation period.
APEM Surveyors & Others v Future Yachting Limited & Others CA 1999/18 (unrep) 27 Mar 2000 challenge to jurisdiction; appropriate venue reviewed.
Petition of the State of Arizona CP 1999/97 (unrep) 4 Aug 2000 discharge of freezing order.
Re Renworth Limited CP 2000/129 (unrep) 31 Oct 2000 beneficial ownership of shares, correct forum for dispute.
Treasury v Costain 33 MLB 56 director's disqualification proceedings.
Petition of Scottish Life International Insurance Co Ltd 33 MLB 70; clarification sought for pension scheme trustees.
Urquhart v Construction Support Services Ltd & Another (1999-01) MLR N-9; 33 MLB 58 accord and satisfaction in personal injury claim.
Re Crozet Ltd 32 MLB 53 security for costs application; correct test.
Hansard International Ltd & Another v Grant & Others (1999-01) MLR 99; 32 MLB 70 first instance and Appeal Court, misrepresentation claim as to sales of life policies.
Simon & Others v Vongphith 2DS 2000/34 (unrep) 28 Sep 2000 and on appeal enforcement and execution of $1 million foreign judgment in the Isle of Man.
Petition of Osiris Trustees Ltd & Goodways Ltd (1999-01) MLR 206; 32 MLB 81 challenge to appointment of new trustees; various legal issues discussed.
B v Bentinck Group Limited (Isle of Man Employment Tribunal) 22 Dec 1999 unfair dismissal claim.
Treasury v Brooks (1999-01) MLR 540; 32 MLB 47 director's disqualification proceedings.
Glassey v Walker Bros Ltd CLA 1997/3 (unrep) 20 May 1999 employment negligence claim successfully defended.
Treasury v Solly CP 1999/5 (unrep) 8 Feb 99 director's disqualification proceedings.
Smith v Heginbotham 31 MLB 77; (1996-98) MLR N-21 Successful defence of surveyor against professional negligence allegations.
Continental Seacorp Shipping Co Ltd v Manana Shipping Co Ltd (1995) Mareva injunction against vessel in port; judgment and enforcement in Bahamas.
Zurich Insurance Company v Johnston International Limited; hotel construction claim.
Grotsky v Barclays Bank (1995) acting for bank in negligence claim.
Bay Hotel & Resort Ltd v Attorney General of the Turks & Caicos Islands constitutional claim re electricity licence to hotel.
Barclays Bank v Paquette (1996) (Appeal Court) $400,000 fraud claim.
Barnett Bank v Vadia & Others (1995) freezing order/Norwich Pharmacal order/tracing claim.
Paradise Development v Jeanette Caribbean (1994) $1 million judgment, relief from forfeiture claim.
Cable & Wireless v Kemp (1995) summary judgment.
Turks & Caicos Airways Ltd v CFS; commercial contract claim.
More than 30 Industrial Tribunal (now Employment Tribunal) cases for clients including Tetley's Brewery, Mansfield Brewery and IMI Yorkshire Fittings Ltd.
Part of legal team in insolvency litigation in Re Charnley Davies (no 2)  BCLC 760;  BCC 605.


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Dominik Hašek  (né le  à Pardubice en Tchécoslovaquie aujourd'hui ville de République tchèque) est un joueur professionnel tchèque de hockey sur glace ayant évolué à la position de gardien de but.

Formé au sein du club de sa ville natale, le HC Pardubice, il rejoint en 1990 l'Amérique du Nord et passe 16 saisons dans la Ligue nationale de hockey en jouant tour à tour pour les Blackhawks de Chicago, les Sabres de Buffalo, les Red Wings de Détroit puis les Sénateurs d'Ottawa.

Surnommé « Le Dominator », il est considéré comme un des meilleurs gardiens de but de l'histoire de la LNH. Il remporte au cours de sa carrière de nombreux trophées personnels mais également collectifs. Alors qu'il jouait pour les Sabres, il remporte six fois le trophée Vézina du meilleur gardien de but et est nommé deux fois meilleur joueur de la ligue en remportant le trophée Hart, étant ainsi le seul gardien de but à remporter cet honneur à deux reprises. Il remporte la Coupe Stanley en 2002 et 2008 avec les Red Wings. Il possède à ce jour la meilleure moyenne de pourcentage d'arrêts qu'un gardien de la LNH n'ait jamais eue dans sa carrière avec 92,23 %. Il est admis au Temple de la renommée du hockey en 2014.

Au point de vue international, il est un composant fort de l'équipe de Tchécoslovaquie puis de la République tchèque entre 1983 et 2006. Il remporte la médaille d'or lors des Jeux olympiques de 1998. Il est mis en avant par le hockey international en étant admis au Temple de la renommée de l'IIHF en 2015.

Biographie

Ses débuts
Dominik Hašek né en 1965 à Pardubice, ville située en Bohême de l'est en Tchécoslovaquie. Il débute dans le club de sa ville natale, le Tesla Pardubice, lors d'une opération de recrutement pour les enfants âgés de 6 ans. Il impressionne alors les entraîneurs des équipes juniors du club et ceux-ci décident de le faire jouer dans les buts de l'équipe des joueurs âgés de 9 ans.

Il fait ses débuts dans l'équipe première lorsque le gardien numéro un de l'équipe, Jaroslav Radvanovský, se blesse au mois de décembre 1981. Milan Kečkeš est donc titularisé alors que Dominik Hašek, alors âgé de 16 ans, est appelé à être remplaçant sur le banc de l'équipe qui évolue dans la , le championnat élite de Tchécoslovaquie. Il joue son premier match dans la ligue contre le HC Sparta Praha en étant appelé à jouer alors que son équipe perd 3-1 au bout de deux tiers-temps. Il réalise seize arrêts mais n'évite pas la défaite de son équipe 5-2. Après la période de Noël, Radvanovský revient au jeu et Hašek retrouve son poste de troisième gardien de l'équipe. Il joue tout de même douze matchs pour l'équipe première alors que cette dernière termine à la cinquième place de la saison régulière.

Début avril, il est sélectionné avec l'équipe de Tchécoslovaquie pour jouer le championnat d'Europe junior dédié aux joueurs de moins de 18 ans et qui se déroule en Suède. Il mène son équipe à la deuxième place du tournoi et est désigné meilleur gardien de la compétition et dans l'équipe type.

Premiers pas avec l'équipe nationale
Lors de la saison suivante, en 1982-1983, Hašek est le deuxième gardien de l'équipe de Pardubice à la suite du départ de Kečkeš pour rejoindre le club du TJ Slovan CHZJD Bratislava. Au fur et à mesure de la saison, le jeune Hašek prend le poste de gardien numéro un de l'équipe de Pardubice enchaînant onze matchs consécutifs sans défaite.

En décembre, il est sélectionné pour jouer le championnat du monde junior. Encore une fois, l'équipe tchécoslovaque termine deuxième du tournoi et Hašek est élu meilleur gardien, même si Matti Rautianen de l'équipe finlandaise est sélectionné comme gardien de l'équipe type du championnat junior. Hašek connaît sa première sélection avec l'équipe senior de Tchécoslovaquie le  lors d'un match à Göteborg contre la Suède, une défaite 3-2. Âgé de 18 ans, Dominik Hašek est le plus jeune joueur sélectionné en équipe sénior de l'histoire du pays.

Son équipe termine à la troisième place du championnat tchécoslovaque 1982-1983. Il est mis en avant par le magazine de hockey Tip en tant que deuxième meilleur gardien du championnat derrière Jiří Králík, portier de l'équipe championne de la saison, le HC Dukla Jihlava. Il termine également dixième au classement de la Crosse d'Or –  en tchèque – alors que le trophée de meilleur joueur de la saison est décerné à Vincent Lukáč, attaquant du TJ VSŽ Košice et meilleur pointeur de l'année.

En avril, Hašek est appelé pour jouer le championnat du monde qui se joue en Allemagne. Il est un des deux gardiens de la sélection ne jouant que deux des matchs. Il joue ainsi lors du premier tour lors de la défaite contre les Soviétiques 5-1. Il connaît sa deuxième sélection contre l'Italie et permet à son équipe de réussir un blanchissage, le premier de sa carrière internationale, grâce à une victoire 11-0, les autres parties étant disputées par Králík. Les tchécoslovaques finissent le tournoi à la deuxième place derrière l'URSS qui remportent la médaille d'or grâce à leur différence de but – +10 pour l'URSS contre +4 pour les coéquipiers de Hašek.

Au cours de l'été qui suit, il est sélectionné lors du repêchage d'entrée dans la Ligue nationale de hockey à la , lors du dixième tour, par les Black Hawks de Chicago mais décide de rester jouer dans son pays pour le club de Pardubice dont il devient le portier numéro un. Au cours des deux saisons qui suivent, Pardubice finit dans le haut du tableau avec une troisième et quatrième place mais à titre personnel, Hašek connaît des saisons difficile avec par exemple en 1984-1985 sa pire moyenne de buts accordés de sa carrière avec 3,25 buts par rencontre. D'un point de vue international, il est régulièrement préféré à Králík et Jaromír Šindel pour les différentes compétitions de haut-niveau.

En 1984-1985, le format du championnat tchécoslovaque change et une phase de séries éliminatoires est mise en place à l'issue du calendrier de la saison régulière. VSZ Košice termine en tête de la saison alors que Pardubic est la quatrième équipe. Les coéquipiers de Hašek éliminent le HC Dukla Trenčín au premier tour mais perdent au tour suivant contre Košice. Finalement l'équipe remporte la troisième place en battant le CHZ Litvínov. Hašek est élu meilleur gardien de la saison et termine quatrième au classement de la Crosse d'Or, trophée remporté par Vladimír Růžička, joueur de Litvínov. Il joue le championnat du monde 1986 à Moscou alors que l'équipe termine à la cinquième place. Il s'agit d'une régression pour l'équipe nationale qui est alors championne en titre. L'équipe est même obligée de jouer la poule de relégation.

Un premier titre national
Hašek et ses coéquipiers continuent sur leur lancée et lors de la saison 1985-1986, ils terminent à la première place du classement de la saison régulière avec une fiche de vingt-deux victoires, deux parties nulles et dix défaites. L'équipe élimine au premier tour l'équipe du TJ Gottwaldov, puis prend sa revanche en demi-finale contre Košice et se retrouve en finale de la I.liga contre l'équipe de Jihlava. Cinq matchs sont nécessaires pour l'équipe de Hašek pour remporter son deuxième titre de champion de Tchécoslovaquie, quatorze ans après le premier.

Le premier match est remporté par Pardubice sur la marque de 6-1 mais Jihlava prend sa revanche lors du deuxième match sur le même score alors que Hašek est remplacé par Michal Kopačka après le cinquième but accordé. Hašek blanchit Jihlava 1-0 lors de la troisième rencontre mais Pardubice perd le quatrième match 3-2. Lors du cinquième et dernier match, les deux équipes sont à égalité deux buts partout et les deux portiers, Hašek et Petr Bříza, arrêtent tous les tirs pour forcer la prolongation. Finalement, Jan Levinský délivre les deux équipes et offre le titre à Pardubice. D'un point de vue personnel, Hašek, âgé de 22 ans, est mis en avant en remportant la Crosse d'Or et est également désigné meilleur gardien de la saison.

Pour l'édition 1987 du championnat du monde, Hašek est une nouvelle fois sélectionné et la Tchécoslovaquie finit à la deuxième place de la première phase. Malgré tout, après la seconde phase, les tchécoslovaques glissent à la troisième place ce qui n'empêche pas le gardien de Pardubice de finir meilleur portier du tournoi et également dans l'équipe type.

À l'issue de la saison sportive, il reçoit pour la première fois de sa carrière la Crosse d'Or remise au meilleur joueur tchécoslovaque. Il finit avec 970 points soit 208 de plus que le deuxième au classement : Jiří Hrdina du Sparta Praha. Après le championnat du monde, les dirigeants de Chicago lui proposent un contrat mais il refuse et reste en Tchécoslovaquie.

En septembre 1987, Il participe également à la Coupe Canada et son pays finit à la quatrième place de la phase de poule. Ils rencontrent en demi-finale les Canadiens. Malgré un avantage 2-0 au premier tiers-temps, le Canada revient au score par un doublé de Mario Lemieux puis finalement remporte la victoire 5-3.

La saison qui suit est un peu moins bonne pour l'équipe de Pardubice qui termine à la sixième place du classement de la saison et est éliminé dès le premier tour des séries en quatre rencontres, trois matchs à un. Hašek est tout de même élu meilleur gardien de la saison. Au cours de cette dernière, l'équipe est conviée à la Coupe Spengler et malgré la dernière place du tournoi, le portier tchécoslovaque est encore une fois nommé meilleur gardien du tournoi. Il est sélectionné pour les Jeux olympiques de 1988 mais revenant de blessure, il est censé être numéro deux, mais il joue tout de même cinq matchs pour une sixième place de son équipe.

Un deuxième titre de champion et le départ de Pardubice
En 1988-1989, Hašek joue sa « dernière » saison avec sa ville natale. L'équipe est largement composée de joueurs natifs de la ville, comme le capitaine Otakar Janecký, et est sous la direction du nouvel entraîneur et ancienne gloire de l'équipe, Vladimír Martinec. Pardubice finit à la première place du championnat avec un différentiel de +63 buts entre les buts alloués et ceux inscrits. Avec dix points d'avance sur les deuxièmes, les joueurs de Pardubice sont favoris pour la suite de la compétition et ils battent tour à tour les équipes Litvínov, du Sparta Praha et enfin Trenčín pour s'offrir le troisième titre de l'histoire du club. Le jeune Hašek décroche une grande partie des honneurs de la saison en recevant les titres de : meilleur joueur de la saison avec la Crosse d'Or, meilleur joueur des séries, meilleur gardien de but et sélectionné dans l'équipe type.

Il est logiquement sélectionné pour représenter la Tchécoslovaquie lors du championnat du monde 1989 et au cours de la rencontre contre l'URSS, il joue son centième match sous le maillot de l'équipe nationale. Lors de ce tournoi, l'équipe termine à la troisième place du classement derrière les Soviétiques et les Canadiens. Au sein d'une équipe où aucun joueur n'a plus de trente ans, le gardien de Pardubice décroche une nouvelle fois le titre de meilleur gardien de la compétition et est également dans l'équipe type des journalistes.

Au cours de l'été, il obtient son diplôme de l'université de Hradec Králové avec une thèse sur la psychologie des gardiens au hockey sur glace –  en tchèque. Il profite également de l'entre-saison pour se marier.

Dans les années 1980, la Tchécoslovaquie fait toujours partie du bloc soviétique plongé en pleine Guerre froide et le service militaire est obligatoire. Hašek ayant terminé ses études est donc appelé pour servir son pays. Il rejoint alors le club de l'' soit l'ASD Dukla Jihlava en abrégé.

Malgré la présence de Oldřich Svoboda dans l'effectif de l'équipe, Hašek est le gardien numéro un du club et remporte une nouvelle fois la Crosse d'Or et le titre de meilleur gardien. Son club termine à la première place de la saison régulière mais perd dès le premier tour contre Litvínov. Cet été là, le couple Hašek a son premier enfant, Michal.

 L'arrivée en Amérique du Nord

Finalement, sept ans après avoir été repêché par les Blackhawks de Chicago, Hašek profite des conséquences de la révolution de velours pour quitter son pays et signer son premier contrat professionnel avec l'équipe de Chicago. Il joue son premier match dans la LNH le 6 novembre 1990 et concède une partie nulle contre les Whalers de Hartford un but partout. L'équipe des Blackhawks compte alors comme gardien numéro un Ed Belfour qui en est à sa deuxième saison dans la LNH. Le gardien tchécoslovaque ne joue que cinq matchs de la saison, passant le reste du temps dans la Ligue internationale de hockey pour jouer avec les Ice d'Indianapolis, équipe affiliée à Chicago. Hašek connaît sa première victoire dans la LNH le soir du 8 mars 1991 pour son deuxième match, un succès 5-3 contre les Sabres de Buffalo. L'équipe de Chicago se qualifie pour les séries de la Coupe Stanley et Dominik Hašek joue trois rencontres en venant remplacer à chaque fois Belfour. L'équipe est éliminée au premier tour contre les futurs finalistes, les North Stars du Minnesota.

Lors de la saison suivante, Hašek joue autant dans la LNH que dans la LIH avec vingt matchs. Le 9 janvier 1992, il réalise le premier blanchissage de sa carrière lors d'une victoire 2-0 contre les Maple Leafs de Toronto. Au total, sur ses vingt rencontres jouées, il décroche dix victoires et à l'issue de la saison, il est nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles. L'équipe se qualifie une nouvelle fois pour les séries et accède même à la finale de la Coupe Stanley. Lors de cette finale, les Penguins de Pittsburgh l'emportent en quatre matchs secs alors que Hašek est aligné lors du quatrième et dernier match. Il est remplacé par Belfour alors que les Penguins mènent 5-4 ; finalement, les deux équipes inscrivent chacune un but et Pittsburgh remporte sa deuxième Coupe Stanley de son histoire.

Le 7 août 1992, le tchécoslovaque est échangé aux Sabres de Buffalo contre Stéphane Beauregard et un choix de quatrième tour de 1993, qui s'avèrera être Éric Dazé.

 Avec les Sabres de Buffalo
Dominik Hasek a joué de 1992 à 2001 pour les Sabres de Buffalo, soit neuf saisons consécutives. Il a participé à 491 matchs en saison régulière et à 68 matchs de playoff, comptabilisant 271 victoires, dont 61 blanchissages, pour 200 défaites et 70 matchs nuls. Ses statistiques avec les Sabres de Buffalo sont impressionnantes. En effet, Dominik Hasek présente une moyenne de buts encaissés par match de 2,20 et un pourcentage d'arrêt de 92,7.

 La suite de sa carrière

C'est avec les Sabres que Hašek a le plus de succès, mais les Sabres ont perdu la fameuse Coupe Stanley en 6 matchs, grâce à un but controversé en prolongation de Brett Hull en 1999 face aux Stars de Dallas. Après les Sabres, il fut échangé aux Red Wings et Hasek gagna sa première Coupe Stanley avec sa nouvelle équipe en 2002. Il signa un contrat avec les Sénateurs d'Ottawa après le lock-out de 2005. Il est réenvoyé au Red Wings par la suite.

Le , Hašek réalise une action qui fait le tour du monde en taclant Marián Gáborík en sortant de son but alors que celui-ci était en pleine contre-attaque.

Le , il annonce sa retraite.

Le , il annonce qu'il revient au jeu avec l'équipe de sa ville natale. En avril 2010, à 45 ans, Hasek remporte son  national avec Pardubice.

Le , il signe un contrat d'un an avec le HK Spartak Moscou dans la Kontinentalnaïa Hokkeïnaïa Liga (KHL). Si Hašek a reçu une proposition de contrat de l'Avangard Omsk, il a choisi le Spartak car il a compté dans ses rangs des joueurs tels que Vladimir Chadrine, Aleksandr Iakouchev et les frères Ievgueni et Boris Maïorov. Il est heureux de jouer dans une équipe imprégnée d'histoire. Le club est entraîné par son compatriote Miloš Říha qui a déclaré à sa signature : «Je sais de quoi il est capable. Nous ne signons pas un maillot à son nom mais Hašek lui-même ». À la mi-octobre, Říha est remplacé par Igor Pavlov à la tête de l'équipe. Ce dernier est démis de ces fonctions le . Après une année sabbatique, il prend sa retraite en 2012.

 Hommages
Le , il est intronisé au Temple de la renommée du hockey puis le 13 janvier 2015, son numéro est retiré par la franchise des Sabres.

 Vie privée
Son frère cadet, Martin, joue au football au niveau professionnel et est en 2010 entraîneur adjoint du AC Sparta Prague tout comme leur cousin, Ivan. Ce dernier connaît une carrière de joueur professionnel puis d'entraîneur et est depuis juin 2009 le nouveau président de la Fédération de République tchèque de football, en tchèque ''.

Hašek et sa femme, Alena, se sont mariés en 1989. Ensemble, ils ont deux enfants : un garçon nommé Michal, né en 1989 et une fille, Dominika, née en 1995, qui a représenté la République tchèque au Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2022 en tant que chanteuse du groupe We Are Domi, terminant vingt-deuxième lors de la finale.

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

Statistiques en club

| 1981-1982 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga|| 12 || - || - || - || 661 || 34 || 3,09 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1982-1983 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 42 || - || - || - ||  || 105 || 2,67 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1983-1984 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 40 || - || - || - ||  || 108 || 2,81 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1984-1985 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 42 || - || - || - ||  || 131|| 3,25 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1985-1986 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 45 || - || - || - ||  || 138 || 3,08 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1986-1987 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 43 || - || - || - ||  || 103|| 2,46 || - || - || 6 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1987-1988 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 31 || - || - || - ||  || 93 || 3,00 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1988-1989 || Tesla Pardubice || I. liga || 42 || - || - || - ||  || 114 || 2,73 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1989-1990 || HC Dukla Jihlava || I. liga || 40 || - || - || - ||  || 80 || 2,13 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1990-1991 || Ice d'Indianapolis || LIH || 33 || 20 || 11 || 1 ||  || 80 || 2,52 || - || 5 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 60 || 3 || 3,00 || - || 0 || 0
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| 1990-1991 || Blackhawks de Chicago || LNH || 5 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 195 || 8 || 2,46 || 91,4 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 69 || 3 || 2,62 || 93,3 || 0 || 0
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| 1991-1992 || Ice d'Indianapolis || LIH || 20 || 7 || 10 || 3 ||  || 69 || 3,56 || - || 1 || 2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1991-1992 || Blackhawks de Chicago || LNH || 20 || 10 || 4 || 1 ||  || 44 || 2,60 || 89,3 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 158 || 8 || 3,03 || 88,6 || 0 || 0
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| 1992-1993 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 28 || 11 || 10 || 4 ||  || 75 || 3,15 || 89,6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 45 || 1 || 1,34 || 95,8 || 0 || 0
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|1993-1994 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 58 || 30 || 20 || 6 ||  || 109 || 1,95 || 93,0 || 7 || 6 || 7 || 3 || 4 || 484 || 13 || 1,61 || 95,0 || 2 ||2
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| 1994-1995 || HC Pardubice || Extraliga || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 124 || 6 || 2,90 || 91,2 || 0 || || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1994-1995 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 41 || 19 || 14 || 7 ||  || 85 || 2,11 || 93,0 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 309 || 18 || 3,49 || 86,3 || 0 || 0
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| 1995-1996 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 59 || 22 || 30 || 6 ||  || 161 || 2,83 || 92,0 || 2 || 6 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1996-1997 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 67 || 37 || 20 || 10 ||  || 153 || 2,27 || 93,0 || 5 || 30 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 153 || 5 || 1,96 || 92,6 || 0 || 2
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| 1997-1998 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 72 || 33 || 23 || 13 ||  || 147 || 2,09 || 93,2 || 13 || 12 || 15 || 10 || 5 || 948 || 32 || 2,03 || 93,8 || 1 || 4
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| 1998-1999 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 64 || 30 || 18 || 14 ||  || 119 || 1,87 || 93,7 || 9 || 14 || 19 || 13 || 6 ||  || 36 || 1,77 || 93,9 || 2 || 8
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|1999-2000 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 35 || 15 || 11 || 6 ||  || 76 || 2,21 || 91,9 || 3 || 12 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 301 || 12 || 2,39 || 91,8 || 2 ||2
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| 2000-2001 || Sabres de Buffalo || LNH || 67 || 37 || 24 || 4 ||  || 137 || 2,11 || 92,1 || 11 || 22 || 13 || 7 || 6 || 833 || 29 || 2,09 || 91,6 || 1 || 14
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| 2001-2002 || Red Wings de Détroit || LNH || 65 || 41 || 15 || 8 ||  || 140 || 2,17 || 91,5 || 5 || 8 || 23 || 16 || 7 ||  || 45 || 1,86 || 92,0 || 6 || 8
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| 2003-2004 || Red Wings de Détroit || LNH || 14 || 8 || 3 || 2 || 817 || 30 || 2,20 || 90,7 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2005-2006 || Sénateurs d'Ottawa || LNH || 43 || 28 || 10 || 4 ||  || 90 || 2,09 || 92,5 || 5 || 16 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2006-2007 || Red Wings de Détroit || LNH || 56 || 38 || 11 || 6 ||  || 114 || 2,05 || 91,3 || 8 || 10 || 18 || 10 || 8 ||  || 34 || 1,79 || 92,3 || 2 || 2
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| 2007-2008 || Red Wings de Détroit || LNH || 41 || 27 || 10 || 3 ||  || 84 || 2,14 || 90,2 || 5 || 12 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 206 || 10 || 2,91 || 88,8 || 0 || 2
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| 2009-2010 || HC Eaton Pardubice || Extraliga || 33 || 23 || 10 || ||  || 71 || 2,26 || 92,2 || 2 || 16 || 13 || || || 785 || 22 || 1,68 || 93,7 || 3 || 18
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| 2010-2011 || HK Spartak Moscou || KHL || 46 || 23 || 19 || 3 ||  || 112 || 2,48 || 91,5 || 7 || 2|| 4 || || || 204 || 14 || 4,12 || 86,4 || 0 || 0

| 735 || 389 || 223 || 95 ||  ||  || 2,20 || 92,2 || 81 || 160 || 119 || 65 || 49 ||  || 246 || 2,02 || 92,5 || 14 || 44

Statistiques internationales

| 1982 || Tchécoslovaquie -18 ans ||Championnat d'Europe junior || 5 || || || || || || 3,00 || || 0 || ||  Médaille d'argent
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| 1983 || Tchécoslovaquie -20 ans || Championnat du monde junior || 6 || || || || 360 || 20 || 3,33 || || || ||  Médaille d'argent
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| 1983 || ||Championnat du monde
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 120 || 5 || 2,50 || || 1 || 0 || Médaille d'argent
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| 1984 ||  Tchécoslovaquie|| Coupe Canada || 4 || 0 | || 3 || 1 || 188 || 12 || 3,83 || || 0 || || Premier tour
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| 1984 ||  Tchécoslovaquie -20 ans|| Championnat du monde junior || 7 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 380 || 10 || 1,58 || || 0 || ||  Médaille de bronze
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| 1986 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Championnat du monde || 9 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 538 || 19 || 2,12 || || 0 || ||Cinquième place
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| 1987 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Championnat du monde || 9 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 520 || 19 || 2,19 || || 1 || || Médaille de bronze
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| 1987 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Coupe Canada || 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 360 || 20 || 3,33 || || 0 || || Demi-finale
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| 1988 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Jeux olympiques || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 217 || 18 || 4,98 || || 1 || 0 || Sixième place
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| 1989 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Championnat du monde || 10 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 600 || 21 || 2,10 || || 2 || 0 ||  Médaille de bronze
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| 1990 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Championnat du monde || 8 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 480 || 20 || 2,50 || 90,4 || 1 || ||  Médaille de bronze
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| 1991 ||  Tchécoslovaquie || Coupe Canada || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 300 || 18 || 3,60 || || 0 || 0 || Premier tour
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| 1998 ||  ||Jeux olympiques || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 369 || 6 || 0,97 || 96,1 || 2 || 0 || Médaille d'or
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| 2002 ||  Tchéquie || Jeux olympiques || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 239 || 8 || 2,01 || 92,4 || 0 || 0 || Septième place
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| 2006 ||  Tchéquie || Jeux olympiques || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 0,00 || 100 || 0 || 0 || Médaille de bronze

Transactions en carrière
 8 juin 1983 – sélectionné par les Black Hawks de Chicago en dixième tour,  au total
 7 août 1992 – échangé aux Sabres de Buffalo contre Stéphane Beauregard et un choix de quatrième tour de 1993, Éric Dazé
 19 mars 1998 – signe un contrat de trois saisons pour vingt-six millions de dollars avec Buffalo
 30 juin 2001 – échangé aux Red Wings de Détroit en retour de Viatcheslav Kozlov, un choix de premier tour de 2002, Daniel Paille et des considérations futures
 25 juin 2002 – annonce sa retraite
 8 juillet 2003 – retourne jouer pour Détroit
 6 juillet 2004 – signe en tant qu'agent libre avec les Sénateurs d'Ottawa pour une saison
 31 juillet 2006 – signe en tant qu'agent libre avec Détroit
 5 juillet 2007 – signe en tant qu'agent libre avec Détroit
 9 juin 2008 – annonce une nouvelle fois sa retraite
 21 avril 2009 – signe en tant qu'agent libre avec Pardubice pour une saison

Trophées et honneurs personnels

Compétitions internationales
Cette section ne reprend que les trophées individuels qu'il reçoit – pour les classements d'équipes, voir la section au-dessus.
 Championnat d'Europe junior 1982 – meilleur gardien et est sélectionné dans l'équipe type
 Championnat du monde junior 1983 – meilleur gardien
 Championnat du monde 1987 – meilleur gardien et est sélectionné dans l'équipe type
 Championnat du monde 1989 – meilleur gardien et est sélectionné dans l'équipe type
 Championnat du monde 1990 – est sélectionné dans l'équipe type
 Jeux olympiques de 1998 – meilleur gardien et médaille d'or

Compétitions nationales

 Tchécoslovaquie
 1982-1983 – deuxième meilleur gardien
 1985-1986 – meilleur gardien
 1986-1987 – meilleur gardien, remporte la Crosse d'Or et le championnat avec Pardubice
 1987-1988 – meilleur gardien selon le magazine Tip
 1988-1989 – meilleur gardien, meilleur joueur des séries, est sélectionné dans l'équipe type, remporte la Crosse d'Or et le championnat avec Pardubice
 1989-1990 – meilleur gardien, sélectionné dans l'équipe type et remporte la Crosse d'Or
 Ligue nationale de hockey
 1991-1992 – est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles des recrues
 1993-1994 – trophée Vézina du meilleur gardien, trophée William-M.-Jennings avec Grant Fuhr des Sabres de Buffalo pour l'équipe avec la plus faible moyenne de buts accordés et est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles
 1994-1995 – trophée Vézina et est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles
 1995-1996 – joue le Match des étoiles
 1996-1997 – trophée Hart du meilleur joueur selon la presse, trophée Lester-B.-Pearson du meilleur joueur selon ses pairs, trophée Vézina, joue le Match des étoiles, est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles et remporte la Crosse d'Or
 1997-1998 – trophée Hart, trophée Lester-B.-Pearson, trophée Vézina, joue le Match des étoiles, est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles et remporte la Crosse d'Or
 1998-1999 – trophée Vézina, joue le Match des étoiles et est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles
 1999-2000 – sélectionné pour le Match des étoiles mais ne joue pas en raison d'une blessure
 2000-2001 – trophée Vézina, trophée William-M.-Jennings avec Buffalo et est sélectionné dans l'équipe d'étoiles
 2001-2002 – joue le Match des étoiles et remporte la Coupe Stanley avec les Red Wings de Détroit
 2007-2008 – trophée William-M.-Jennings avec Chris Osgood et remporte la Coupe Stanley avec les Red Wings de Détroit
 2017 - nommé parmi les 100 plus grands joueurs de la LNH à l'occasion du centenaire de la ligue
 Tchéquie
 2009-2010 – remporte le championnat avec Pardubice
 KHL
 2011 : participe avec l'équipe Ouest au troisième Match des étoiles (titulaire).
 2011 : nommé meilleur gardien du mois de janvier.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

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Joueur international tchèque de hockey sur glace
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Choix de repêchage des Blackhawks de Chicago
Joueur des Blackhawks de Chicago
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Joueur des Sénateurs d'Ottawa
Joueur du Ice d'Indianapolis
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Joueur du Hockey Club Dynamo Pardubice
Joueur du HK Spartak Moscou
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Membre du Temple de la renommée du hockey
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Here at Equal Experts we like to have pet projects and help the community. And of course, we are also geeks at heart.
So when we at EE Portugal came across the problem I'm about to explain, we had to solve it.
Everyday at around 10:30am and 4:30pm, a company called YumYum arrives at our office building with a trolley full of croissants, pastries, sweet and normal bread (it's the Portuguese way!).
What if… there was a magic button that the receptionist could press and it would notify the whole team on Slack?
• EE's team is now the first to arrive to YumYum's trolley, even though we are on another floor.
• People who use headphones are back to a healthy diet.
• The receptionist's efficiency on this task was improved by 700%.
• Three companies are now subscribers of our YumYutton alerts.
• We are being asked to develop a visual and audible alert along the main floor.
Make the world a wee bit more awesome everyday!
Everyone loves a cake button.
Diogo Nunes is a Software Tester for Equal Experts Portugal. When he's not designing or running uncompromising software tests (or making cake buttons), you might find him posting on his site at diogonunes.com.


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Define the following terms in relation to signal detection theory: hit, miss, false alarm, and correct rejection
Define the following terms in relation to signal detection theory: hit, miss, false alarm, and correct rejection.
Signal detection theory originally grew out of the development of radar and communications technology. It was adapted by psychologists to explain certain aspects of sensation and perception processes that previous theories did not encompass. Signal detection theory models the decision-making process you would use when you want to decide between two different categories of stimuli. For example, you have to decide whether a person seen in a café (the stimulus) is a friend or a stranger (the categories).
Throughout this course, you will access a Cognitive Psychology Online Laboratory (CogLab) demonstration to explore some of the theories and processes of sensation and perception through a hands-on approach. This assignment is your first CogLab activity.
Click here to download the CogLab program.zip file to install this program. You may also download the CogLab Instructions file. After installing the program, launch it. Then, refer to the CogLab Student Manual.
Access the CogLab demonstration "Signal Detection" and follow the instructions to complete the demonstration.
Using the CogLab manual, the textbook and module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research signal detection theory.
Based on the CogLab demonstration and your research, address the following:
Define the following terms in relation to signal detection theory: hit, miss, false alarm, and correct rejection. An individual's hit rate is .79 and correct-rejection rate is .71. Find out his/her miss rate and false alarm rate. Examine your individual sensitivity measures for each of the three conditions (144, 400, and 900 noise dots). Describe what these numbers indicate regarding your accuracy rates. Signal detection theory assumes that a signal is always accompanied by a certain amount of noise. Identify the "noise" that was present when you completed the task. Explain how it affected your performance on the task. Identify at least two sources of noise for the detection of an audio signal. Name at least three jobs that require the employee to accurately detect signals to effectively do the job. This means that signal detection methods could be used to evaluate performance. Summarize at least two other research methods for measuring detection. Give your opinion on whether the signal detection theory is superior to these. Give reasons to support your answer. Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Be sure to include a title page and a reference page. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.


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Campuses across India erupted in protest yesterday after a nationalist mob wielding iron rods stormed one of the country's most prestigious universities
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Campuses across India erupted in protest yesterday after a nationalist mob wielding iron rods stormed one of the country's most prestigious universities, beating students and teachers and injuring dozens. Terrified students barricaded themselves in rooms or leapt from balconies to escape as dozens of masked men rampaged through Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi for several hours targeting Muslims. Among the victims was a blind man who was mercilessly beaten. With a sea of mourners rushing to see Soleimani's coffin, state TV said a stampede had broken out which left 35 people dead and 48 injured. Footage which circulated online … Continue reading Campuses across India erupted in protest yesterday after a nationalist mob wielding iron rods stormed one of the country's most prestigious universities


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The Hollander Tax was a land tax put in place in 1900 by the Puerto Rico's US-appointed Treasurer, Jacob Hollander shortly after the acquisition of the island by the United States following the Spanish American War. It exempted lands priced below $100 and thus fell squarely on middle- and high-income landowners. Because there were no usury laws applicable in Puerto Rico like there were in the United States, interest rates spiked. It is often attributed as being a cause of the shift of land ownership to US banks. The implementation of this law coincided with an artificial devaluation of the Puerto Rican Peso by US authorities.

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The historic stamp mills at Kloofendal are undergoing preservation oiling. The shorter one is believed to be the one bought by the Struben brothers to crush the ore from their Confidence Reef mine. It was built by Sandycroft in the UK in 1884/5 and shipped in pieces to SA by steam/sailing ship. Then it was sent from Durban by train to Estcourt, where Harry Struben met it and transported it on five ox-wagons to the farm Wilgespruit, and into the kloof, now Constantia kloof. It was set up there in three weeks aided by his nephew Godfray Lys and by George Walker, who also helped build a cottage nearby.
It was the only mill on the Witwatersrand in 1886 when George Harrison discovered the main Reef, and was used by many early miners to crush their ore. Around 1888 it was sold to the Bandies mining co. from where it was recovered many years later and displayed on the corner of Goldman and 7th Streets Florida. In 2009 the Friends of Kloofendal moved it and another old mill to the Kloofendal Nature Reserve on the West Rand.
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Music plays a key role in the lives of people of Christian faith, offering the opportunity to nurture God-given talent and creativity in worship to the Creator. At Wilmington Christian School, music is a core facet of our students' school experience as they learn, practice, collaborate, and create beautiful musical performances for the glory of God.
From the Early Learning Center to the High School, students participate in a variety of music classes, lessons, and performance groups. All students are given a foundation of musical knowledge through regular music instruction from 3 years old through 7th grade. Students from the Lower and Upper school are also given many elective opportunities to hone their craft and deepen their musical understanding. Ensemble opportunities to perform are abundant, including concerts, fine arts festivals, music competitions, and community "run-out" performances.
An early foundation in music education has been shown to be one of the most reliable indicators of student success in school. Early musical training has been shown to aid in the development of language and reasoning, memorization, pattern recognition, school engagement, and emotional development; to name only a few of the documented benefits. Music is also used to instill Biblical truth shared through regular performances for the school community. A content-rich, sequential music curriculum in the lower school forms the strong foundation of the musical arts at WCS.
String Ensembles & Private Lessons
The strings program serves the lower and upper schools. Parents may elect for their students to engage in private study with our certified strings instructor from 2nd grade through 12th grade. Students are given the opportunity to play in an ensemble in the upper school, also combining regularly with the Concert Band in performance to form the WCS Orchestra. Students wishing to participate in the upper school ensembles must also study their instrument with a private teacher. Our strings teacher can schedule a limited number of students in her studio for private study during the school day.
Middle School Concert Band
Our Middle School Concert Band is the foundation of the Upper School's successful band program. It is at this level when students develop a solid footing in their musical training. In learning music from various time periods and composers, the student can understand different rhythms, melodies, and harmonies necessary for individual and group development. Band provides the opportunity for individual participation that leads to a productive and accomplished group experience. Students learn teamwork, experience self-fulfillment, and gain self-discipline through participation in band. This course is open to all students, grades 6 – 8, who are interested in the study of a band instrument.
The Middle School Choir is a performance ensemble with emphasis on the basics of music theory, music history, and an introduction to sight-singing, and ear-training. Ladies and gentlemen rehearse separately to focus on the individual needs of the changing voice in adolescence. Performance occurs both as a larger combined group and in separate, gender-specific ensembles. Diverse choral repertoire from many genres and traditions is studied and performed. Any interested middle school student may join this ensemble.
Middle School Music Appreciation
All 6th and 7th grade students are instructed in the basics of music literacy, history, and theory. Students engage in project-based learning, exploring multiple genres and historical time periods. An essential element of this course is the discussion and critical assessment of the media we choose to listen to and watch. In this generation, God's call to carefully discern and evaluate all media choices, including music, has never been more essential. How we decide what's worth our listening/viewing time, what standards we use to decide what we like and don't like, and how we personally judge what's "good" media or "bad" media will be discussed throughout the semester.
High School Concert Band
The High School Concert Band is the premier band of the instrumental music department. At this level, most students should have already been involved in previous years of musical training, making the concert band a rich fusion of talents. High School Concert Band promotes further, in-depth studies of varying genres, time periods, composers, and harmonies necessary for individual and group development. Students learn teamwork and gain self-fulfillment as well as self-discipline.
This course is open to all instrumentalists, grades 9 – 12 who are studying privately or are involved in group lessons, having successfully completed a minimum one year of study on a band instrument.
High School Jazz Band
Jazz Band offers another rich opportunity to expand musical horizons. In just over 100 years, the evolution of jazz has given birth to approximately two dozen distinct jazz styles. Jazz music thrives on instrumental diversities and continues to seek new levels of artistic expression. Membership in the Jazz Band is by audition or invitation only. All Jazz Band players must be a current a member of the WCS High School Concert Band and demonstrate a solid foundation of High School Concert Band requirements (perform all major scales up to and including 5 sharps or flats from memory). This ensemble meets twice weekly outside of the regular school day.
High School Orchestra
The High School Orchestra combines the talents of our Upper School strings musicians and High School Concert Band members, creating a unique and exciting experience for our musicians. With music from Beethoven to John Williams or the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, our diverse repertoire is ever expanding and is a delight to our audiences.
High School Concert Choir
The High School Concert Choir is a mixed ensemble that performs repertoire from many genres and cultures within the choral tradition. Students learn music theory, music history, and develop skill in ear- training, and sight-singing. Students are challenged to develop their individual voices with excellent technique and attention to artistry while also listening diligently to blend and balance within the ensemble. This group has consistently earned high praise from festival adjudicators in New York City and throughout Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Concert Choir is open to any student who wishes to grow as a singing artist and contribute to the success of the choral group in rehearsal and performance.
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The Jubilee Singers are the premier vocal group of Wilmington Christian School. It is an auditioned, mixed ensemble that performs advanced repertoire from many genres and cultures within the choral tradition. The Jubilee Singers usually perform without accompaniment, known as a cappella singing. Students learn advanced music theory, music history, and develop superior skill in ear-training, and sight-singing. Smaller class size allows these committed singers to receive greater individual attention in the rehearsal. In the last 8 years, the Jubilee Singers have consistently received the highest rating possible at any festival or competition in which they have participated. They serve as ambassadors for WCS and, more importantly, for Christ; performing regularly in the community at large. Admission to the ensemble is only available through audition or invitation and concurrent participation in the Concert Choir is required. This group meets weekly outside of the regular school day.
In Music Theory class the basic language and logic of music is learned through self-paced online study, facilitated by a skilled in-person instructor. Students explore further how composers and performers use this language to communicate and inspire. Basic musical skills including keyboard proficiency and fluency in note reading, key signatures, and more are developed through consistent practice.
Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory
This year-long AP Music Theory course provides students with the opportunity to develop, practice, and master music theory skills essential to success in post-secondary music study. The curriculum of this class is consistent with the first year of music theory coursework at the undergraduate level. The goal of this course is to develop a student's ability to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music that are heard or presented in a score. This is promoted through integrated approaches to the student's development of aural, sight-singing, written, compositional, and analytical skills. Students will take the AP test, further demonstrating their mastery of the course content. College credit is available for this course through a partnership with Cairn University.
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Were using a j-bar this year for the first time. To start we are going to mount the j bar at pinion level on rear end and apporx. 4 inches above axle level on the frame. Ill be running the car on two different types of tracks. 3/8's high bank, slick by feature time and 1/4 mile flat also slicks over come feature time. Ive been reading trying to find out with this starting point on the j bar how to adjust it from there ? Raise one end at the frame or lower or raise both ends ? Once i run the car and see how its handles i want to be able to make the adjustments the right way. Thanks guys i know this is a repeated question.
hmmmm didnt realize it was such a hard question to ask ?
if u adjust on the frame side u will not likely notice a big change in the way the car feels as if u move the mount on the pionon side. the pionon side will move more than the frame will, the frame side will only pivot a bit but the pionon is moving up and down along with the chassis moving up and down.
start with it mounted even with pionon and up for a tackier track and down drier tracks.
Thanks dirt mod that does help. If i get to the point where i need to tighten up the car ,which i think i will need to do come feature time , than i have a better idea where to adjust the j bar.


WELL-BEING is an important topic right now. But what ACTUAL PRACTICAL ACTIONS can you take to worry less, appreciate more and sustain your level of well-being?
It's the end of January, the cosy excitement of Christmas has long gone, as has your "New Year" resolve. February is looming. The perfect time to getaway to a seaside hotel for a weekend of spa treatments; well-being, yoga and craft workshops, and delicious food, surrounded by like-minded ladies... YAY!
Learn how to boost your level of well-being month-by-month, step-by-step over the course of one year. Covering the core pillars of well-being from the PERMA-V model: Positivity, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement and Vitality - this book equips you with tools to make the most of your life and flourish.
Our FREE 30 Day Challenge gives you a 60-page workbook and daily e-mails containing quick daily actions. By the end of the challenge you'll have taken steps to maximise your positivity, minimise your negativity, get energised, pursue your purpose, improve relationships, achieve your goals and grow!
As author of 14 books, certified Positive Psychology Practitioner and Well-being Ambassador, this is my space to observe and ruminate. I write about how to be less hard on yourself and more self-compassionate; how to shift your mindset and find your forte and how to worry less so you may flourish rather than languish.
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The Flourish Weekender 2018 was a great success with everyone returning home feeling refreshed, relaxed and raring to go.
"Just what I needed - the perfect amount of learning and self-care," Rachel Foulkes.
"Thank you! I love the way you phrase things. It just makes perfect sense. I feel uplifted and inspired and will float away when I leave!"
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For just £109 per person, on this SEASIDE WEEKEND RETREAT you get a flourishing workshop, a guided meditation, yoga and a craft session, plus afternoon tea and a spa treatment. You how to boost your well-being, fret less and flourish more.
"Getting away and being allowed time to reconnect with yourself is wonderful. The workshops were great and I enjoyed the crafting more than I expected to. I certainly got into the 'flow'. I've discovered I have a lot to be grateful for. Thank you!"
"I would totally recommend The Flourish Weekender to friends. It has been a fab weekend."
The Flourish Seaside Weekender and Workshop 2019 takes place from January 26th- 27th 2019 at The Royal Bath Spa Hotel in Bournemouth, with sea views. Spaces are limited to 45.
To stay up to date on all things flourishy, click here to join the Flourish mailing list.
IT'S VALUABLE BUT IT'S FREE! Why? Because we can enable more people to flourish that way.
Every day for 30 days (across 7 steps) you will receive an email reminder of a pick n mix of achievable quick-and-easy practical tasks to choose from.
Every action is listed in the comprehensive 60 page 30 Day Flourish Challenge Workbook, which you'll receive on subscription. This can be filled in on screen or printed out and written in.
GET ENERGISED BY FOCUSING ON GOOD HEALTH.
But there wasn't. So I wrote it. You can get your hands on a paperback version here or grab a Kindle version here.
The Flourish Handbook is a compelling and easy-to-digest practical guide - a friendly handbook on how to flourish. Drawing on extensive research and my own methods of coping with adversity and tragedy, achieving dreams, and enjoying life, this is a workbook about much more than merely achieving happiness.
Fit more engaging and enjoyable activities into your daily life.
Find your true purpose and play to your strengths.
Achieve balance between life and work.
Respond positively to others and events.
Declutter and enhance your environment and mind power.
Flourishing is about more than simply feeling good; it's about pursuing and experiencing a better life; it's about building and optimising well-being. Once you know which elements make up well-being and focus on those areas, rather than focusing merely on happiness alone, you can live a rich, enjoyable and meaningful life with a high level of sustained well-being. This handbook guides you through that process and takes you on an illuminating and rewarding journey where you will boost your well-being and appreciate your life more month by month over the course of one year.
See my excitement at receiving my first copy through the letterbox here.
Colouring-in gives you space to unwind and can alleviate anxiety.
Colouring is a useful tool in the mindfulness toolkit as it allows us to focus on the task at hand – shading one area and then the next – giving us the chance to take a therapeutic and meditative art break. Because, when you colour in, the creative part of the brain is activated, whilst the information-processing part reboots.
Notably, the number of colouring books made specifically for grown-ups has grown exponentially in the past 12 months, with many of the best-selling books on Amazon fitting into the adult colouring category.
Here at Flourish, we wanted to give you something extra; we wanted to provide a tool that, along with pages of beautiful illustrations to colour-in, provides helpful actions and easy strategies to enable you to flourish. And so, THE FLOURISH COLOURING BOOK was born.And it's available to buy now from Amazon.
Combined with inspirational quotes and encouraging affirmations, THE FLOURISH COLOURING BOOKis the ultimate colouring therapy book, because it features pages of actional tips on how to flourish from one month to the next (alongside the patterns, quotes and affirmations to colour-in).
Of course, colouring is not a cure for depression, but it is a therapeutic tool. Importantly creating art; actually making something yourself is even more powerful if you want to use art as 'therapy'. But, when it comes to colouring as therapy - colouring books really do seem to work wonders on enabling relaxation and providing a space to unplug and reboot; to unlock and enable your creativity to flow and relieve tension in the process.
Ultimately, by focusing on colouring-in we are directing attention away from negative emotions and worries and onto a creative and engaging activity. As engagement is a critical pillar of well-being, it's no surprise that colouring books are so popular.
MY STORY: Who Am I To Show You How To Flourish?
As a positive psychology practitioner, wellbeing author/ghostwriter and Ambassador of Wellbeing for the Network of Wellbeing, I provide people with evidence-based tools for self care, to help people flourish (so that they may worry/judge less, appreciate more and bounce back better).
I recently became the first person in the UK to qualify in CAPP (Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology) and my goal now is to equip young people with the tools and positive psychology interventions (PPIs) they need to cope with the increasing stress levels and anxiety of modern day life; to not just survive, but thrive. Because positive psychology is not just about repairing what's broken/mental illness, it's about building on what is good to generate mental wellness.
Positive psychology is the scientific study of optimal human functioning. It aims to discover and promote the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.
I run Flourish workshops, write books on well-being and recently founded the Positive Education Project to get positive psychology tools into the hands of teachers, parents and the children they teach and care for.
Notably, why am I doing this flourishy stuff and what happened to me to make me wish to pursue this purpose with every fibre of my body?
Note: until recently I didn't like the idea of sharing my 'sob story' as it seemed like I was being weak and victim like... but now I understand that we should share our story with the world in order to connect with others and relate to (and possibly help) people. And so I have (even though it still makes me wince a little bit).
Here's what happened: People kept telling me how positive they thought I was, despite facing such adversity in my own life (having lost both of my parents).
I first heard that comment as an 18 year old when I had lost my mum. My darling mother, Denise, passed away when I was a mardy 17 year old and that was obviously excruciatingly heartbreakingly hard. Too awful to put into words to be honest. I went well and truly off the rails and yet I did somehow manage to retain my positivity. However, it was only a couple of years ago, that I began to reflect about this trait and how it linked to resilience. It sparked my interest in positive psychology (a relatively new type of psychology which has only been around for a decade). Previously, psychologists focused on alleviating human suffering, on getting people from depressed back up to base line, whereas positive psychology focuses on developing human flourishing – on getting people from base line to achieving a sustainable level of wellbeing - happiness with staying power.
I wondered why I was this way? I guessed it was hereditary as science has revealed that optimistic mums create optimists and 50% of our positivity is down to the genes. But half is down to us so it couldn't just be that. My inspirational mum who, despite suffering from a crippling disease, (multiple sclerosis) never complained and mostly smiled. She refused to be a victim of her situation, she always focused on the good stuff and she made the most of what she had.
I realised that was actually quite rare. As a nation, we're more stressed than we've ever been. Indeed, many people often tend to focus on what has gone wrong in the past rather than what has gone right; on what we lack rather than what we have. And we all are at least a little bit guilty of wanting or expecting more from time to time. And yet this is our one and only life. Surely we should do our best to make the most of every single moment, just like my mum?
My dad was the opposite. He found life hard. As a manic depressive he did tend to wallow and yet he still managed to smile, be an incredibly loving father and was known by those who knew him as a really nice chap. He struggled to cope with mum's disability and his own frustrations.
I only wish I'd known then what I know now.
I discovered the concept of flourishing and realised that, without knowing the science behind it, I had been putting the key pillars of well-being into place all my life and, consequently, seemed to be more resilient than the average bear.
Indeed, I was completely and utterly flourishing while I wrote The Flourish Handbook which I wrote because I wanted to help people to go from the 'reading' bit to the 'doing' bit (but more on that later). I felt blessed to have such a wonderful healthy family, be surrounded by amazing friends and felt happy as I walked my then-4-now-8 year old daughter to school each day. I loved Monday mornings as much as Fridays, cherished my job as a writer, working from home. I experienced positive emotions every day, felt engaged in a life that felt meaningful and I was gradually achieving my dreams. Just. Yay!
Yes I dearly missed my mum every single day, but, as I explain in the book, I felt grateful to have had HER – Denise Rickman - as my mum, albeit for less time than I would've liked. In fact, I wrote in the book about the importance of gratitude and how bad times can be enabling as much as they are heartbreaking (because the rough times help shape us, teach us, mould us into who we are.) I talked about the importance of supportive relationships and about how the pillars of well-being, particularly positive emotions, relationships, and meaningful purpose bolster our resilience. I was thrilled to have finished writing the book and couldn't wait to see it published. That was in May... and so I began to edit the book.
Yet, in the midst of editing the chapter on resilience, the unthinkable happened.
I got a phone call out of the blue to tell me that my dad had asbestos-related cancer, a particularly unforgiving form of the disease and that he had less than six months to live. Just one week later we realised the prognosis was a lot worse and he was given just a few weeks. In fact, just three weeks after diagnosis he was gone. We'd been through a lot together and now he was gone as well as my mum. It was devastating to lose him as well.
But somehow, through this shocking and surreal time I was able, thanks to the overwhelming support of my amazing mister, friends and the daily dose of sunshine provided by my daughter, able to cope somehow. I felt a strange kind of gratitude for knowing my dad's fate because it meant that we could tell each other all that needed to be told, spend time together, say goodbye. Of course, I would crumble into floods of tears each evening and still do now and again, but my connections with my support network prevented me from spiraling downward into that all-encompassing abyss of despair and that flow of goodwill and support gave me the fuel and resilience I needed to bounce back each day and visit my dad.
I wasn't merely tapping my own 'well of positivity' I was able to tap into the goodwill, generosity and kindness that was being given to me via the supportive relationships, those very relationships that I'd been in the midst of writing about, which form one of the pillars of well-being and a key step to flourishing.
My dad had quite a long time ago been a manic depressive, but he was starting to make the most of his life, working on cruise ships as a dance host. He had found his forte and was seeing the world. The fact that he had spent the last 7 years doing that after taking early retirement helped him to cope with this sorrowful news. And knowing that he was coping with dignity made me feel proud better able to deal with it myself.
The words I had written in The Flourish Handbook became POIGNANTLY RELEVANT and my sense of purpose, to do all I could to empower others to make the most of their one and only life, became all the more powerful and meaningful to me.
Today, three years after my father passed away, I am continuing to flourish.
I obviously have moments of deep sadness that losing both parents creates. I'm not a robot. Man! I long to pick up the phone to them and share my news. I wish my mum could've met her granddaughter and that my dad would be able to see her grow. But I don't dwell. My parents wouldn't want me to and I know it's a slippery slope to do so. So I go on daily gratitude walks, I see my friends, I do dance fitness and meditate. I work hard on my businesses while my daughter is at school or asleep, I cherish my role as a mum, I do all I can to spread the flourishing contagion, to remind people that they too shall be ok, they have so much to be grateful for still - AS DO I - that they can handle and accept the tough times, take the rough with the smooth; accept, learn and enjoy the journey.
For that I feel blessed. I know my parents would want me to continue to flourish and help other people to do so and make the most of their lives, so I shall do my best. The Flourish Handbook and other flourishy experiences enable that.
Essentially responding, reacting well to what life chucks at us (sometimes cruelly); relishing the moments we have, MAKING THE MOST OF IT! That's within our control.
The thing is we all worry. It's natural, especially as parents. It's easier also to react negatively to situations, and put ourselves down. We are hardwired with a negativity bias. And hardships are inevitable. It's how we respond to them that counts. We can despair and flounder or we can hope and bounce back. We shouldn't strive to eliminate negativity altogether, because we need it. Negativity is helpful and proper in the right instances. We need to mourn losses, fight injustices and that kind of appropriate negative emotion keeps us grounded, real and honest.
Worrying unnecessarily, being default negative, watching and repeating terrible stuff on the news, beating ourselves up...This we can stop or at least limit if we are properly equipped with tools and strategies to do so. Because, this is it. Right now.
Ultimately, losing my mum when she was 43 and my dad when he was 67 taught me that life is short. And that every single moment is precious; every moment. And so I am driven to help people to focus their energies on mastering their minds, which enables and empowers us to react differently, to respond better to circumstances and situations, to accept the darkness in order to see the light; to put worries to bed; to focus on what we have instead of what we don't have and to really make the most of every single moment of our incredibly bloody precious lives.
I want to spread a flourishing contagion, to help make the world a little less frowny and a lot more appreciative, positive and resilient. That is my mission. (You can sign up to the F.T. (Flourish Tonic) to discover ways to flourish here).
Sometimes things get in the way. I'm not skipping through life every single moment of every day. I have moments when i'm not 100%. Frankly ladies, PMT and flourishing do not go hand in hand. As I'm sure husbands will agree. PMT is not flourishing's friend! (Yep, they're thinking bloody psychos!) But that's all temporary.
Then there's the emotional contagion of other people to factor in, so you might be doing brilliantly and your other half might be worried or grumpy? Or your children might be playing right up and that can and do drag you right down.
There are lots of obstacles in your path to flourishing.
But what having the knowledge of how to flourish does is it empowers you to react better to respond to what life throws at you. To make that a more natural process.
Because, during my research for the book I discovered that the accumulation of positive reactions helps to bolster our resilience, which goes some way to explaining how I've coped with the loss I've faced.
The problem is, it can be hard going from the reading bit to the doing bit. We often read a book and then carry on as normal. No changes made. So I wanted to write a really practical book, packed with exercises, tips, worksheets and to-do lists which would enable the reader to make actual changes as they progressed through the book; so that, by the end of the book/year, they would be flourishing, have found their forte, boosted their positivity and well-being, and bolstered their resilience, mindfulness and gratitude . So that's what I did.
And, by understanding and implementing the pillars of well-being into our lives, we can achieve that optimimum level of well-being and teach our children how to do the same. Imagine that? Imagine a generation which looked on the bright side, were more creative, more open and thus spotted more possibilities (because being open to more possibilities and solutions is a side effect of positivity and flourishing, as is good health and all sorts of other benefits). A kinder generation who made the most of every single moment?
Being positive and flourishing doesn't mean that nothing bad will happen to you ever again. It simply means you will be better able to cope with it when it does.
My parents' lives were short. This solemn fact is what spurred me on to this work of enabling and equipping others to make the most of their lives. So if I can somehow inspire just one person to make changes to make the most of each moment, who then inspires one other person and so on and so forth - Yippeee! That's meaningful and important to me.
While my mum had taught me to look on the bright side and focus on being grateful for what I had rather than what I didn't; my dad taught me that it's never too late to make living a priority.
I want people to rock being themselves - warts and all, to embrace life to the full and to flourish. To know that each obstacle and hardship, each bitter thought and negative battle are there to help prepare you for the bigger battles on your own heroes journey.
Positive psychology is not about ignoring what's wrong; it's about seeing life as it really is and making the most of it.
And so that's what I shall try to do.
Thoughts, musings, and observations about positive psychology interventions and other feel good stuff.