DCW's Month of October

October was a busy month for the Dull Co-worker (DCW). Let's recap what I was up to:

On October 2nd, I posted one of my personal favourite blogs, Does Your Desk Need a Makeover...is it wrong that when I reread it, I laugh? What does that say about me? I hope you enjoy it as well and find it inspirational. You too can have a desk that looks like mine...think positive...don't give up...don't be self-critical...it may take some time but you will get there my friend.

This blog inspired me to create the worldwide DCW Desk Makover Contest Extravaganza (note: I love the word "extravaganza" and will use it in whatever context I can...why don't you do the same and see how it can spice up your work emails, meetings, conversations, etc.). This contest is open until November 12th until 1:53pm Eastern Standard Time. Keep sending me your photos! Just because you're reading this and you live in Slovenia, South Korea or Latvia, don't think you can't win. The Dull Co-worker will travel to you if you win this contest.

For those of you who are into Do It Yourself (DIY) projects, you can also check out my Beautiful and Practical Desk Oranization Strategies post. It contains some simple tips to help create a welcoming and warm workspace.

I also noted how my decorating talents have been recognized at my workplace and I have been asked to be the interior designer for our meeting rooms. In my Office Meeting Room Decor post I showcased some of my personal favourite pictures which hang in our meeting rooms.

You can certainly see the theme this month has alot to do with adding ambience to your work environment so that you can have time to get to what's truly important at work. My Effective Email Management Strategies post will also help you manage your workload so you have more time at work to get to important personal emails and surf the internet.

During October, I also mentioned how I have launched some free seminars. Please email me at thedullcoworker@gmail.com if you'd like me to come to your city and speak on any of the seminars listed in the Free Motivational Seminars by the DCW post. For those of you who are in leadership positions, you may want to consider some of the information given in the Creating Ineffective Work Relationships and My Favourite Work Moments posts.

Those are just some of the posts from October. Of course there are others that revealed mice can read (see the Warning! This Blog Contains an Actual Work Email post). Thank you to the person who responded with the comment that my office should just post a "Beware of Cat" sign. I love it and have suggested it to my alliance member who wrote the email.

Thank you to all who have read my blog this month and a big thank you to my friends from Hare Styling and Simply Nature who have inspired me in so many ways.