Not sure how that comment relates to mine. There are extraordinary people who follow self-satisfaction as the only goal, and there are extraordinary people who prefer a society with a shared community.

One problem I find in your story is you focus on you, and your anecdotal personal experiences, and you relate these to personal experiences of others, but you skip over the effects on society as a whole.

The whole controversy about Rand is that she pushed the idea that the best outcome for society as a whole is for every individual to maximize their own personal profit and to not care about the effect on others. Others should do the same, and the net result will be a perfect balance. But life, and economics, doesn't work that way in a world of scarcity. Individuals should be able to pursue their own goals, but not at the expense of society as a whole.