The paradox here is deeper than mere apprenticeship—Aristotle suggests that experiencing constraint, not just studying it, builds the moral fiber leadership requires. A manager who has only ever given orders will mistake compliance for loyalty, but one who has answered to others learns the thousand small humiliations that make authority either just or cruel. We see this played out in family businesses where the owner's child who started in the warehouse often makes better decisions than the heir groomed exclusively for the corner office. The vulnerability of being governed teaches what no manual can: how power actually *feels* to those beneath it.