Was Jesus a Lousy Missionary

During the past few years the books I have read, the people I have been with in community and the teachers to whom I have listened have convinced me that the incarnation is the primary lens which we are to focus the activity of the church.
When “the word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood” there were countless ways Jesus the Christ could have revealed himself and conducted his activities. Yet, somewhat illogically it would seem, Jesus spent most of that journey quite intentionally as the ‘son of man’, living a simple life in a small town for his first 30 years, prior to any recognized ‘ministry’.
So much so that when he began to preach the people laughed and mocked him saying ‘He’s just a carpenter… Mary’s boy… Who does he think he is?’ It begs the question, was Jesus a lousy missionary or was there something quite intentional and radically subversive about the way he approached his life and mission that we need to learn from and emulate?

If Jesus were alive today and his mission was still to ‘seek out and save the lost’ what might he do?