To the extent I dislike small talk, it has nothing to do with its being an interruption, necessarily. I dislike small talk mainly because it is a ritualized way of establishing rapport artificially than anything else. Conversely, I do not mind genuine conversation at all, even if it is not necessarily about anything particularly important or work related unless I am under specific deadline pressure. In general, I am very comfortable "interrupting" work to talk about other things.

Contrary to the general description of Directors, I am not particularly fast paced with respect to specific tasks, although my body language and "rhythm" often do lead to that erroneous assumption. Nor do I consider myself to be "firm" in my relationships with others, although that also may be a conclusion reached by others by virtue of my focus on objective facts and logical reasoning. While I do tend to exhibit good operational skills, I would consider administrative skills to be a weakness rather than a strength as characterized by the assessment, because I have difficulty devoting energy to administrative issues.

I do appreciate the freedom and autonomy...

I accept challenges as necessary, but tend to feel most comfortable engaged in tasks that rely more on learned expertise and experience.
Probably for reasons related to my attitude about competition and "winning," I do not have any pre-existing need to "challenge" myself for challenge's sake. In my opinion, the need to challenge one's self also derives, at least partly out of a degree of concern that one may not actually be up to the challenge. Conversely, those who are genuinely confident in their competence and in their ability to learn new skills if and when necessary have much less need to prove to themselves or to others that they are, in fact, capable of meeting challenges. A good example of this principle might be the comparative reluctance of a truly confident martial artist to use his skills and the relative eagerness to do the same on the part of the less confident fighter. I suppose the Platinum

Rule Assessment suggests that I have some of the qualities of a leader, but I would like to think I share only some of those qualities and not all the other characteristics associated with my behavioral style.