Is it possible to combine two sentences structured like this: if A then B. if no A then no B

Question

The following two sentences seem redundant. How do I combine them into a single sentence?

Shortcomings are actually valuable opportunities that enable you to explore your potentials. Without shortcomings, you may not be able to find these valuable opportunities.

Answer 1

In general, one can express this two-way implication by if and only if (shortened in mathematics to iff). But in this case it presents two problems:

1. It requires a restructuring that is less elegant than the original.
2. It changes "may not" into an absolute "cannot".

One's potentials can be deeply explored, if and only if one discovers shortcomings that create the opportunities to do so.

I don't think you'll find a phrase that can accurately express "if A then B; if not A then perhaps not B". I think your original sentences are fine, and could just benefit from removal of the obvious redundancy:

Shortcomings are actually valuable opportunities to explore deep into one's potentials. Without shortcomings, one may not be able to find those opportunities.