Joseph, Rav aharon kotler ZT”L did not have a selfish “es kumt mir” attitude, as he was involved in Being mezakeh the rabbim and tzorchei tzibbur. His kollel was NOT gashmius-oriented. His shita of ONLY learning, however, was his owen, not one he got from his rabbeim, as the slabodka kollel was limited to yechidei segulah to prepare them to be klei kodesh in being mezakeh the rabbim. The selfish “es kumpt mir” expressed in this article (a complete distortion of the baal middos a kolel man is meant to be, as an elevated eved Hashem) is NOT what Rav aharon kotler ZT”L meant.
Torah is the best sechorah. Bad middos can ruin good sechora like a fly in good ointment.