But I didnt do that

Unless you say it jokingly perhaps

I just helped them understand and they did something good

sometimes they do better than I do

Yes that's my point, you're acting selflessly in that moment, because acting selflessly ends up being the better option for you

no, I am not acting selflessly

I am helping them cause it will benefit me in the long run

and I am payed for helping them

............ I'm talking about you not stealing their thunder

there's some disconnect here my friend

Narcissists do that all the time, they take other people's credit and think they can just do that with no repercussions

I take no one's credit, I jst teach people how to do shit

If you were a narcissist, i.e. completely selfish, you'd steal people's thunder for a moment of glory

Yes that's my point, you're not a narcissist, you're not selfish

I am selfish

in fact I strive to be

Then you're intelligently selfish

Objectivsm is philosophy of rational self interest

Narcissists are constantly starved for self-validation because they're made out of pure egoism

You are clearly not, because you're able to show restraint

I understand what you saying but disagree on how you saying

in my opinion stealing something you didnt earn isnt selfish

Then what is it

Only first-hand productive life is selfish

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/selfishness

Stealing is one of the best examples of selfishness

Or rather of a selfish action

No, stealing is allowing yourself to become a worthless parasite

Producing honestly is selfish

That's literally the same thing

we can call it "rational selfishness" then

A parasite is a creature that doesn't care about whether it destroys its host, it doesn't care how its host feels, it doesn't care about consent, or anything, it just takes, takes, takes

That's the purest example of a selfish being

but not caring about it is precisly not caring about yourself too

Huh?

it's selling your life for short-term interests

No that's about being smart or stupid

When parasite feasts without caring if he dies too he isnt being selfish

Selfishness is not about that, although smarter people behave less selfishly indeed

because truly selfish act would be *not* being a parasite

A parasite who dies because he sucked his host dry is just a stupid parasite