Teaching your toddler to seek POSITIVE attention

This has become a very real thing for me, as a stay at home mom of a 2 year old that often had 2 other toddler friends at our home being babysat, I've found that at this age they will always, in some way shape or form, seek attention.
They may seem like these little humans who just need the neseccities in life and will still be content. But although they are quite basic creatures, they still all have further individual needs, just as adults do. The hardest part can be figuring out how to react, teach, and comfort children who all want to recieve these things differently because they can't always tell us.
I plan to teach my daughter that all humans have emotions, react and learn differently, and have different needs. Obviously we all require food, water, and it's nice to have a roof over our head and clothes on our back. But what about her passions? What about being stimulated and filling her time with the things she loves? If I, as an adult, love to lounge and watch movies, or go for afternoon neighborhood walks, or go on dinner dates with my husband, or scroll through Pinterest for new inspirations, then I am definitely going to do those things because they make me happy.
So it only makes sense to learn what our children love early on, and encourage them to enjoy the things they love as often as possible.
Our job as parents is as well to intervene when they're doing something they shouldn't. But that's how THEY learn from us. For me, instead of scolding my child for doing something wrong or using key words to stop what she's doing and expect her to listen every time, I've found it so much easier to revert her attention to something she loves in those moments. Of course I tell her no, but I tell her calmly, maybe explain why like "don't touch that you will get an owie!" And then I give her access to something new, something stimulating that she's interested in. For the most part this discourages throwing a fit, or continuing to test the boundaries and not listen so they can see why exactly they aren't supposed to do that. As adults, when something negative or upsetting is happening in our life, the more we worry and think about it the more it negatively effects our mood and emotions. But if we try to resolve the problem quickly, look for a solution or a way to revert our attention onto something more positive then it won't hinder our mood as bad. It's applying this same concept to the silly little things that toddlers get upset about.
 I leave specific things like puzzles, magnetic drawing pads, Legos, her Leap Frog learning tablet, and other toys she really loves put away for times like these. Times when she needs something to revert her attention.
As parents we get busy with work, chores at home, cooking for the family, budgeting and paying bills and so much more that it seems hard at times to fit in all the attention our little ones require in their carefree lives. But once again, that is our duty to teach them that life comes with responsibilities. I let my 2 year old put away any dishes from the dishwasher that are plastic. When I'm folding laundry I set the basket on the ground and she hands me one item at a time to fold it. All because I've let her be involved. Read books and do puzzles with them when you have a free second. Teach them what you're doing around the house as you do it. Talk to them about your day. And when you have no extra hands to do those things, whip out some of those stored away favorites and give them something fun to do with their favorites. After repeating this method, your little one will be more responsive to your suggestions and likely ask for those certain things they love that they don't have constant access to.