Objectivism is a philosophical system developed by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand. ... Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".

Self centered

I think she was basically a hedonist and pursued a classic “me first” agenda. Donald Trump is immediately jumping into my mind...and also something that Margaret Thatcher once said that could have come straight out of Rand’s mouth...”There is no such thing as society, there are only individual men and women, and there are families”. I think she may have had some type of personality disorder, but that is purely speculation on my part. She definitely displayed selfishness and a lack of empathy, sometimes indicators of a narcissist personality disorder.

Rand was a realist in denial, vainly trying to combine pragmatism, hedonism and idealism in to a system that explained her own own life experience but hampered by being a product of her times and prejudices..
As a philosopher she was a great speculative novelist.
Her major achievement was Ellsworth Toohey one of the greatest literary villains of all time.

I'm with Barjoe. I thought her ideas to be incredibly selfish and ignorant of community. Capitalism at its most corrupt.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She stresses the pursuit of happiness. Objectivism as opposed to collectivism. I don't agree in as much as pursuit of happiness for others is a form of collectivism. She feels the most important thing in life is to provide for oneself. Every man for himself. I don't think that's always good for society. She feels like 'too bad for society'. Apathy in the form of a lack of empathy. I didn't feel good about her conclusions reading Atlas Shrugged. She felt collectivism is instant communism. I prefer the term community. I don't think she was a good person.